Conservation researchers in America are urging President Barack Obama's administration to rescind a legal ruling on endangered species, as a scientific analysis reveals the impact of the rule.

Genetic, physiological, and anatomical differences between humans and monkeys dramatically limit the conclusions that can be drawn from the planned studies. Ongoing, ethically-conducted studies already use nonanimal methods to determine the effects of

Without a doubt, the biggest and hottest wildlife issue concerns deer "management." Biggest because well over 10 million deer were killed by hunters in 2006, plus another 1 million died in deer-vehicle accidents (DVAs) which also involve human fatalities

Malaysia's roadmap to saving its wild tigers has received its most solid endorsement yet--a firm and clear commitment from Government to protect the species and the places it calls home. The National Tiger Action Plan was officially adopted by Malaysia's

The plight of a baby orangutan rescued from plantation workers in Borneo has exposed the high price these endangered primates are paying for the production of palm oil. The 2-3 year old female was found hogtied to a pole and had clearly been brutally

A recent outbreak of rabies on this otherwise idyllic island has seen government authorities rush headlong into a mass elimination programme - except they're focussed on eliminating dogs, not rabies. Although the government claims to have vaccinated

We, the undersigned, call on the Australian Government to ensure worse penalties for people who enforce cruelty upon animals. Animals feel pain and emotions just as much as humans do so why not have just as bad penalties for abuse to animals as to

Last year, close to a quarter of a million pregnant pigs in Australia were caged in stalls so small that they could not walk or even turn around.

Bonnie and Clyde are destitute. Incarcerated in tiny barren cages, they are deprived of their freedom, condemned to eternal boredom, denied clean water and a healthy diet and forced to live in their own waste. Please help to set them free.

This is what The Bright Eyes Society says you should do if you come across a case of animal cruelty in Spain.