A dog that went missing nine years ago has been reunited with its owners at their home in Brisbane, Australia....Muffy was found by alive and well more than 1,000 miles away on a scrap of cardboard in a backyard in Melbourne.

Europe's largest mammal, the European bison, remains extremely vulnerable to extinction, despite long-standing efforts to save it, new research shows. One of the two remaining wild herds of pure bred European bison is down to an effective population

One of the UK's most prized carp, Benson, has died, after being caught more than 60 times. So is all that hooking and unhooking bad for fish?

She hadn't moved for over an hour. The white tip of her tail shone in the cold July air, but she did not move. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly, deliberately, as I turned to Jealous at my side.

The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) is urging people to become a bat detective this summer. The Big Bat Map has been launched by the Count Bat Project, part of BCT, to provide an interactive way for people to get help with bat conservation on a local

At a time when some companies have just de-listed blue fin tuna, the world's largest contract caterer, Compass Group, has made a significant decision to increase its 'Fish to Avoid' List in the UK and Ireland from 13 species to 69.

One of the UK's most rapidly declining butterflies is showing signs of recovery in Herefordshire, thanks to a three-year conservation project being led by the Forestry Commission and Butterfly Conservation.

We don't think it would be possible for us to feel sorrier for poor Sinky (ID# A0809289), an adoptable smooth-coated dachshund at the South Los Angeles animal shelter -- one look in his eyes is enough to make us want to drop everything to go give him a

African village dogs possess plenty of genetic diversity The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged.

Operation Blankets of Love (OBOL), established in 2008, is now a non-profit 501 (C) (3) public charity. OBOL provides comfort to stray, sick, neglected and abused homeless animals in shelters and rescue groups. We collect and distribute blankets,