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Thousands of penguin chicks starve in Antarctica

Mass starvation has wiped out thousands of penguin chicks in Antarctica, with unusually thick sea ice forcing their parents to forage further for food in what conservationists call a "catastrophic breeding failure".
14 October 2017

Black rhino to return to Chad after South Africa deal

South Africa and Chad sign an agreement that will see the re-introduction next year of critically endangered black rhino to the central African country.
9 October 2017

Fishing cat rescued, released in Lawachhara

The wildlife department releases a fishing cat in Lawachhara National Park in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar, a day after it was rescued from Rajnagar upazila of the district.
23 September 2017

Bye bye Basi: World's oldest captive panda dies

The world's oldest captive giant panda has died at the ripe old age of 37 -- more than 100 in human years -- her handlers in China say.
14 September 2017

Police believe thieves steal Venezuela zoo animals to eat them

Venezuela authorities investigate the theft of animals from a zoo in western state of Zulia that were likely snatched to be eaten, a further sign of hunger in a country struggling with chronic food shortages.
19 August 2017

Mama monkey of Dhaka

In pictures taken from her Gulshan home, NB Mansoor tells the story of how she made friends with a mama monkey.
17 August 2017

Missing 115-year-old tortoise returns to New Mexico owner

A 115-year-old desert tortoise that disappeared from its garden at a New Mexico senior living community returns.
30 July 2017

First-ever photos show wild lion nursing leopard cub in Tanzania

While African lions have a habit of killing leopards, it is quite surprising to see a five-year-old lioness nursing a weeks-old leopard cub recently in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
15 July 2017

World's 'oldest' hippo dies at Philippine zoo

Bertha, believed to be the world's oldest hippopotamus, dies aged 65, the Manila zoo says, having beaten the typical lifespan for the mostly herbivorous mammals by decades.
10 July 2017

Asian water monitor released after rescue in Kushtia

An Asian water monitor lizard is rescued and later released in Kushtia.
24 June 2017

Call for more electric fences to stop elephants destroying Gabon crops

For several months, electric fences have been put up in Gabon, a country in Central Africa, as part of a new programme to stop the country's 40,000 forest elephants from destroying crops.
17 June 2017

Giant flying turkey once roamed Australia

A giant, flying turkey as tall as a kangaroo once roamed Australia, palaeontologists said Wednesday, after an analysis of fossils and bones from around the country revealed five extinct bird species.
15 June 2017

Japan zoo celebrates birth of panda cub

A Japanese zoo celebrates the first birth of a baby panda in five years, with the tiny cub small enough to fit in the palm of a human hand.
12 June 2017

Endangered vaquita marina porpoise could be extinct by 2018

The vaquita marina, a tiny porpoise native to Mexico, could be extinct by next year if urgent action including a ban on gillnets is not taken, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature warns.
12 June 2017

Humans pose ever-bigger extinction risk to animals: review

Facing the highest level of threat are more than 360 species of large mammals in Africa, Asia and South America -- the most biodiverse regions of the world, said a review published in the journal Nature Insight.
5 June 2017

Elephant blocks road playing football

Hilarious footage from Assam, India, captures the moment a young elephant decides to block a public road for nearly THIRTY minutes to practice football.
25 May 2017

Dramatic video shows sea lion dragging girl underwater

A college student shares a startling video of a sea lion snatching a girl off a dock and yanking her into the water on Canada’s West Coast.
22 May 2017

Thill bamboo is supremely delicious, you can tell by checking out this panda

Adorable panda in Taipei Zoo can't get enough thill bamboo. Taiwan's first native-born panda cub Yuan Zai has been enjoying a new item on its menu.
17 May 2017

Watch these crabs make yearly journey from forest to sea in Cuba

Cuba's Bay of Pigs has been invaded again, this time not by US-backed anti-Castro forces, but by millions of red, yellow and black landcrabs.
3 May 2017

Nepal's rhinos on road to recovery with cross-country move

All hell breaks loose as the one-horned rhino steps out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted mahouts relocating him to a new home in Nepal's far west in the hope of shoring up the vulnerable species.
10 April 2017