Karl Mitchell was denied a conditional use permit to keep seven Bengal tigers in an animal sanctuary at his Manse Road home by the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission Wednesday

A cheetah at the Safari West Wildlife Preserve in Santa Rosa, California, has become the first known exotic animal to contract the H1N1 virus in the United States. Safari West announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, that Gijima, an eight-year-old

Fowler describes two coyotes outside her front door; one on the porch. Penny made it into the house with only a broken dew claw. It's bandaged now. It was surgically removed after the incident. Fowler believes her dog was running for her life.

Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of the textbook examples of evolution - the fossil record of the horse family Equidae over the past 55 million years. Only the modern horse, zebras, wild asses

The UK has some of the world's best wildlife, but not many people realise it. We want to promote the wildlife of the UK so we asked you to send us your best shots of the UK's wildlife. To see the finalists

From a streaked bombardier beetle to a snowy egret, the pick of this week's best images from the natural world

Animal pictures of the week: 11 December 2009

No, really. This is what some dairy farmers want you to believe -- and seem to sincerely believe themselves. Recently, a calf on a Connecticut dairy farm was born with a marking on his forehead resembling a cross, so instead of sending him to the

December 10, 1907: A riot breaks out in Trafalgar Square in London. Medical science seeking answers to questions of anatomy and bodily function used the technique of vivisection. This involves surgery on living organisms, usually animals with a central

Representatives from a half-dozen Bay Area animal shelters and rescue groups joined forces at a press conference Wednesday to draw attention to an increasingly large problem facing a tiny breed of dog: the humble Chihuahua. According to the group,