Anyone who has ever had cats knows how difficult it can be to get them to do anything they don't already want to do. But it seems that the house cats themselves have had distinctly less trouble getting humans to do their bidding, according to a report pub

Bonnyville RCMP are asking for the public's help after a seemingly senseless shooting rampage left 11 cows dead in a remote field in northeast Alberta. "We treat these matters very seriously," said Const. Travis MacDonald yesterday. Cops were call

Wolves have caused elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to change their behavior and foraging habits so much so that herds are having fewer calves, mainly due to changes in their nutrition, according to a new study published by Montana State Universit

LAS CRUCES - A family recently learned firsthand how cruel nature can be when they came upon several head of livestock struggling to get out of the mud surrounding a watering hole. The situation so distressed the Las Crucens that they called People for

A huge pod of a dolphin species rarely seen in the Moray Firth suggests that dolphin populations are moving increasingly further north in search of food and breeding grounds as a result of climate change.

While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS).

Two new species of frogs have been discovered in Western Australia according to the Western Australian Museum.

Scientists are accustomed to thinking of whale populations in terms of genetic diversity. But even when they share the same genes, groups of whales can live in very different ways, raising the possibility that species might be saved even while

The International Whaling Commission(IWC) may be shifting towards a more conservation-oriented role after this week backing an ambitious Australian plan for non-lethal whale research.

While the zoo's approach to animal welfare has matured as it celebrates its 80th birthday this weekend, its ability to renovate rows of barren, concrete exhibits built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration has been stalled by tragedy and the