John Bailey, then the director of the Arkansas state police, tells the magazine that the governor's chief of staff and personal lawyer pressured him to write a letter denying a local prosecutor's request for help in determining whether any animal cruelty

ABU DHABI - A team of field scientists from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) this month came across two dugongs trapped in an abandoned drift Gillnet (Al Hayali), close to Abu Al Abyad Island

A probable new species of pygmy possum in the genus Cercartetus(Pygmy Possum). Foja Mts, western New Guinea, Indonesia.

In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes earlier this year after the disappearance of sea ice caused them to crowd onto the shoreline in e

Endangered ... white beluga whales are dressed up in Santa hats to entertain visitors at a Japanese aquarium.

China is investigating reports of illegal wildlife trading in the country's southwest, where locals were offered huge sums of cash for giant panda pelts.

All this week, wildlife officials in Albany are trying to get rid of the birds by using non-lethal methods. This was done in Troy last week

Officers manning the borders of the UAE need to have more training in spotting illegal activities such as smuggling endangered animals, according to an international animal protection organisation recently launched here.

Terms such as "natural" are meaningless. In fact, this word was on many of the packages recalled starting last March, when pet food from China was found to be contaminated with an industrial chemical.

Right now, scientists predict that we could lose one-third of all wildlife species on Earth by the year 2050.Together, we must try to ensure that this dire prediction doesn't come true! Share your views on NWF's wildlife programs for 2008 by answering a