Australia's flatback turtle will face extinction if urgent action is not taken to protect its habitat, warns WWF- Australia in the lead up to National Threatened Species Day. National Threatened Species Day is held on September 7 each year to highlight

Typically, groups go to Native American reservations in the southwest once a year to offer free services for animals of all sizes, including vaccinations, worming, treatment and surgeries. They also teach residents about animal care. This year

Every other week at the Tracy Animal Shelter, a truck arrives from Sacramento to take away six or eight barrels of dead animals for cremation. As the bodies of cats and dogs are lifted high into the air and dropped into the Dumpster,

"I'm looking forward to the movie, but I'm not looking forward to the result," says Bunten, head of breed rescue for the Chihuahua Club of America. Sadly, she speaks from experience. Whenever a Chihuahua has been featured in entertainment in the past,

The three dogs were named to the Iowa Animal Hall of Fame recently by the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association and Schering-Plough Animal Health, which makes animal health products, for their ability to assist, comfort and stay calm under pressure.

Clark said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but that Stalnaker's address was flagged in Scottsdale's system with a notification that a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was incapacitated. Stalnaker adopted Buddy at the

As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has championed aerial gunning of wolves and bears.

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked a chemical found in everyday plastics to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys

Nothing against polar bears, but dung beetles, whose disappearance would leave less of a void in our heart than the polar bear's but would rip a bigger hole in the web of life. Without the dung beetles animal droppings would not get rolled up and buried

Hayden Panettiere, star of NBC's Heroes and whale lover, has signed an endorsement deal with social site Zude and Shopit to sell clothes and raise money for Save the Whales Again