Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) wildlife officers are working with Western Australian Police to investigate the alleged smuggling of 12 pythons out of Western Australia.

Kingfisher SB35872 was fitted with a BTO ring in December 2007, at Higham Marshes in Kent. For the next year it regularly flew through a local factory, using it to roost at night. Conveniently, the factory was open seven days a week, and the factory

There is no doubt that polar bears are in serious trouble. Already on the ropes due to other human threats, their numbers are falling faster than ever as a result of retreating ice due to global warming.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to stick with a controversial Bush administration move that took gray wolves off the endangered species list in most of the northern Rockies reflects the independent streak that has defined his career.

A Mexican gray wolf named Ivy, one of the rarest creatures on the planet, was spayed Friday at the El Paso Zoo's medical center.

An Ottawa area man has been fined $1,000 for shooting a coyote without a licence and abandoning the carcass. Stewart was fined $500 for shooting a coyote without a licence and he was fined another $500 for abandoning the coyote's pelt contrary to

Scientists now know more about this lynx and his movements than any ever studied in Washington, thanks to his radio collar, which has registered more than 2,400 GPS locations, recording the data by satellite every four hours.

Saginaw Township, the suburb of cul-de-sacs and shopping outlets, might ban exotic animals even though officials aren't aware of any slithering or lurking behind closed doors or in backyards.

It's the encounter we've come halfway across the world for. A Bengal tigress and her two adolescent offspring are circling our 4WD, pacing languidly around the wheels, regarding us with complete disdain.

Anya came from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio a few months ago as part of a North American breeding program that brings together tigers from different zoos to achieve maximum genetic diversity.