The rescue of Sam the koala gave Australians hope during the devastating bushfires, and one of the nation's most well-known wildlife sanctuaries is working hard to ensure she's not the only survival story.

Whales have dominated the seas for countless years. They have lived through the worst of times. This intelligent and gentle creature that once inhabited all the oceans of the world is now in grave danger from overhunting, garbage, and sound pollution.

Imagine a Canada in which there are no more baby seals hooked and dragged onto boats while still conscious. No more seals as young as three weeks old being skinned alive. No more needless slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals each year.

Environmental groups on Saturday condemned Canada's decision to boost its annual quota for seal hunting, warning that with an expected European ban on any seal products the increase makes little sense.

Two tiny penguins were released back into the wild today following a spell at Sydney's Taronga Zoo wildlife hospital.

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The Defenders of Wildlife reported this week that Governor Sarah Palin has approved the use of poisonous gas to help cull the wolf population in Alaska.

The outlook for Polar Bears is bleak. Artic countries met for the first time in decades to mull the future of the white fluffy bears. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke to Rasmus Hansson of the World Wildlife Fund about climate change and hunters.

Conservationists have slammed plans to create a tiger park on Malaysia's resort island of Penang, warning Saturday that the project would be too expensive to maintain and could lead to illegal wildlife trade.

A lynch mob beats a leopard to death.