Forestry Commission Scotland has received strong support for the concept of establishing a series of red squirrel strongholds across Scotland.

I stand behind NASA's mission. However, the use of live animals in space radiation tests is a major leap backward for humankind. Please do not subject squirrel monkeys to high-energy gamma-ray radiation to assess human response to long-term space

A veined octopus peers out of an empty coconut shell off Indonesia in an undated picture released today with a new study.

The death of an adult Asiatic lion, whose body was found under a bridge near Bhelchhar village in the Sasan range of Gir forest earlier last week, is no longer a mystery

KINGSTON - An elderly Harriman woman this morning surrendered to Roane County authorities the remaining dogs she had from what officials allege was a puppy mill they say she operated for years.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the Wildlife Alliance of Maine (WAM) urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today to enforce the Endangered Species Act (ESA) against the unlawful trapping of Canada lynx in traps set for other

Octopuses have been discovered tip-toeing with coconut-shell halves suctioned to their undersides, then reassembling the halves and disappearing inside for protection or deception, a new study says.

Already dangerously rare, Hawaii's akikiki is one of ten already endangered U.S. species that are under added threat from global warming, according to a December 2009 report by the Endangered Species Coalition, an advocacy network based in Washington, D.C

In the black depths of the frigid Arctic Ocean, scientists on a 2005 expedition found a splash of color: The brilliant, blood-red Crossota norvegica jellyfish (pictured).

Fur farmers and trappers kill millions of animals including dogs and cats for their fur each year. About half of these animals die specifically for fur trim. The industry tries to keep the cruelty hidden, but suffering and death are central to fur.