The House Friday passed a bill designed to improve federal management of wild horses and burros and increase the land on which they can roam.

Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) is deeply saddened by the death of Toni, a Kalimantan Orangutan (Pongo Pygmaeus) of the Taru Jurug Animal Park - Taman Satwa Taru Jurug (TSTJ) - of the city of Solo, Central Java, last Sunday July 13. The death

Bakersfield, Calif.- As a result of a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Thursday to review and redesignate habitat that is critical for the survival and recovery of the one of the most endangered

A man bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake in the Everglades is recovering today. John Payne, 47, of Hollywood, was conscious and talking as he was taken to Cleveland Clinic in Weston after the Thursday night incident. A hospital spokeswoman

Found only in the southwestern corner of Bioko Island, Pennant's red colobus has lost nearly half its total population to uncontrolled bushmeat hunting in the past twenty years. The endangered Pennant�s red colobus monkey Procolobus pennantii

A colubus monkey. The name colobus derives from a word meaning "mutilated" because, unlike other other primates, they do not have opposable thumbs. Their beautiful black fur strongly contrasts with the long white mantle, whiskers and beard around the

The man who admitted to stabbing a church therapy cat and breaking its ribs was sentenced Friday afternoon to nine months in alcohol treatment while spending nights in jail. Tracy Clark, 48, had pleaded guilty last month in King County Superior

Snake hunters went into the Everglades on Friday, day one of an effort to eradicate Burmese pythons from the area. More than 100,000 pythons are believed to be living and breeding in the Everglades. Pythons are not native to Florida, and they have

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The circus elephants, tigers and horses are in town again, and along with them is a stream of animal-rights activists protesting the use of animals in the circus.