The Bush/Cheney administration has spurned the wolverine again, defying scientific evidence and refusing to list this rare creature under the Endangered Species Act. Urge the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to reverse this decision and protect the wolverine!

A 10-year-old girl has died after being attacked by her neighbor's dog while trying to help the animal after it had gotten its collar caught on a chain link fence.

AUSTRALIA has the worst record of animal extinction of any continent. Since European colonisation began, about one tenth of our mammals -- 23 species in all -- have vanished. The victims are a diverse lot, ranging from obscure native rats and mice, to

Korean will introduce a tougher animal protection law next year and impose harsher penalties on those who abandon pets and exhibit cruelty towards animals, the government said Monday.

Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report

All but one of the yellow-eyed penguin chicks hatched on Stewart Island this breeding season have died, from a mystery illness that has veterinarians scratching their heads

Police have searched the Wellington home of an animal rights activist who admits raiding a Foxton hen farm in protest against battery farming

Illegal hunting and trade is pushing some Mongolian animals like the snow leopard to the brink of extinction, conservationists have warned

The world's most famous sheep is back making news.

joined a small, elite group of species-including humans, great apes and dolphins-that have the ability to recognize themselves in the mirror, according to a new finding by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center...