There are 20 species of albatross, and 18 are threatened with extinction, with longline fishing known to be the leading cause for many many of them.

Princess Alia bint al-Hussein of Jordan, who is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan, said she had written to Mr Rudd saying that any lowering of animal welfare standards in Australia for religious reasons would be a blow to the country's reputation

LARGE numbers of whales, dolphins, turtles and sea birds are feeding in waters polluted by the massive oil spill off the West Australian coast and are likely to be at ''immediate risk'', a new report released by the federal Environment Minister, Peter Gar

Keep pets, especially outdoor cats, inside several days before and several days after high foot traffic community events and visiting hours; cats in particular may be at risk from childrens pranks or other cruelty-related incidents.

Canberra's controversial kangaroo culls will increase summer bushfire risk, and undermine the capacity of the city's nature reserves to cope with climate change, a new report says.

Polar Bear, Sea Turtles, Spotted Owl, Caribou, and Salmon Could Go Extinct if Carbon Dioxide Not Quickly Reduced to 350 Parts Per Million

Candy, costumes, trick-or-treating and frighteningly fun times are what most people think of around Halloween. But pets may find strangers coming to the door dressed as ghosts and goblins a little too scary

One fifth of Mediterranean dragonflies and damselflies are threatened with extinction at the regional level as a result of increasing freshwater scarcity, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesâ,,¢.

Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Societys Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective pain relief to some of their most difficult patients: big cats.

Recent convictions in two separate cases have let the meat industry and its employees know that the courts wont tolerate animal abuse-and given the public yet another reason to go vegetarian.