Africa's penguin population has plummeted from around 3 million in the 1930s to just 120,000 due to intense heat, overfishing and pollution. Now park rangers are trying to save the breed from extinction with man-made burrows to protect them

Mar 24 - A dozen teams from all over the world flew in to participate in the annual King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Thailand. Considered a sport for the rich, the game is a variant of the more popular polo, but sees the players riding elephants ins

The Life line to North-East States in India is the death line for the wild elephants in the reserve forest of Dooars, North Bengal. In last thirty four years, more than 39 elephants have been run over while crossing the railway tracks passing through the

Farasi, the baby hippo, needs a zoo to house him. If Swiss zoo officials cannot find Farasi a home, they may sentence the 220-pound hippo to the nearby tiger cage

he nearly complete skeleton of a massive mammoth who died during the last ice age has been dug out of a construction site in Los Angeles. The mammoth, dubbed 'Zed' by researchers at the Page Museum likely died in his late 40s some 40,000 years ago

Australian ocean park staff treat a dolphin with head injuries, apparently from a shark attack, when it returns to shallow waters. Tourists on Moreton Island, off Queensland, applaud the return of Nari to an area where dolphins are used to being fed by lo

Pets hit the world famous Copacabana beach in fancy dress as a carnival for pets and their owners takes place in Rio de Janeiro. For the event, the pets, which were predominantly of the K9 variety, came in fancy dress, with many of the dogs dressed as ang

t's the most romantic day of the year, but one London Zoo resident is still looking for Mr. Right. Young, free and single, Roxy the rockhopper penguin is the only one at London Zoo without a mate.

he price of milk at wholesale fell significantly in January, leading some dairy farmers to make tough cost-cutting decisions -- like thinning the herds. Stacey Delo reports

A Koala, one of many animals injured in ferocious Australia brush fires that claimed at least 180 lives, is winning hearts. People are scrambling to help the wounded creatures