The number of gray snub-nosed monkeys, an endangered species only found in south-west China, has more than doubled to about 850 over the past 30 years, the Xinhua news agency has reported.

The clash between humans and nature is putting the existence of red pandas in peril, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Habitat loss or fragmentation due mainly to overgrazing and lack of awareness and scientific information on red panda ecolog

Wildlife activists have warned people not to treat wild animals like pets after a woman was attacked when she tried to touch a sick leopard she found in her garden.

At 12.00 (1GMT), the six AR activists who raided the most important bullring in the world on the historic 4th May, will be judged at the Plaza Castilla court in Madrid for "public disorder" and "disobeying the authorities". A first in the history of Spain

Emaciated, injured and critically ill when they were discovered, Debra, Raposal, Annie, and 10 other goats, along with Susie Moo cow, had been so severely neglected that the humane officer who found them feared for their lives.

Very Important read for all my GORILLY LOVERS!!!! Over 1,000 Congolese soldiers have left Virunga National Park, with their families - so that is about 6,000 people in total - for good. This is GOOD news! Your Gorilly

AUSTRALIA. Extreme drought, ferocious bushfires and urban development could make koalas extinct within seven years, environmentalists are warning.

People are carrying out breeding which would be first of all entirely illegal in humans and secondly is absolutely insane from the point of view of the health of the animals

Africa's lions are in serious trouble, and nowhere near as common as many wildlife documentaries might suggest, says Australian zoologist Dr Luke Hunter.

JUST how much can a koala bear? On a blustery day, in the fork of a tree high above Happy Valley, a sleepy koala sat minding his own business. Out of the blue came a couple of crows, intent on making sleep impossible.