The lion cub pictured above is named Gabriella and lives at an animal orphanage in Nairobi. The Pride of Kenya website reports she lives there because she was left parentless due to a human-lion conflict. (Presumably this explanation means her mother was

He was sentenced to six to 23 months - to be served on electronic home monitor - and credited with 46 days of confinement. In addition, Morrison received two years consecutive probation, a $1,000 fine and 64 hours of community service.

South African animal rights activists have agreed to meet Zulu groups in a bid to stop a bull-killing ritual, a senior official says. Cultural commissioner Pat Mkhize announced the meeting after a court case brought by Animal Rights Africa wa

They have a bit of a reputation for a vicious streak, but this dog certainly got more than it bargained for after pouncing on a baby squirrel it found on the ground.

This is the chilling moment a bear clamped a man in his jaws after he climbed into the enclosure at a Swiss zoo.

A vulture was forced on to the defensive when a fox attacked it as it fed on a carcass in a scene captured by a photographer in Bulgaria.

Latest find in natural world was result of reptile coughing up lizard as conservationist studied monkeys in the jungle

A study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives finds that cigarettes harbor various species of bacteria, some of which cause disease. Karen Hopkin reports

Kangaroos are slaughtered by the millions every year; their skins are considered prime material for soccer shoes. Although the Australian government requires that hunters shoot the animals, orphaned joeys and wounded adults are, according to government

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over the agency's failure to respond to a scientific petition to list the Mexican gray wolf as "endangered" separate from other gray