‘Thrown like a rag doll’: British tourist narrowly survives hippo attack in Zambia
Roland Cherry, from Warwickshire, sustained severe bite wounds after being mauled by animal during safari A man narrowly survived after being dragged to the bottom...
Category : Animals
Zimbabwe orders cull of 200 elephants amid food shortages from drought
Environment minister says country has more elephants than it needs while critics of hunt say they are a major tourist drawcard Zimbabwe will cull 200...
Giant tortoises in Seychelles face threat from luxury hotel development
Conservationists and botanists express concern over plans for Qatari-funded upscale resort on Assomption Island The habitat of the largest giant tortoise population in the world...
Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo
Park in Borno state says more than 80% of its animals have been killed and urges residents to take precautions Floods in northern Nigeria have...
‘Africa’s most resilient lion’ and his brother filmed making 1.5km swim across dangerous African river
A team led by an Australian researcher captured the pair making the ‘record- breaking’ swim after two failed attempts A record-breaking swim by two lion...
Canada: grizzly bear hunting quietly reinstated in Alberta
Conservationists say it’s a ‘slap in the face’ to those who are trying to save the threatened species The Canadian province of Alberta has quietly...
Spanish tourist trampled to death by elephants in South Africa
Officials say 43-year-old man left his vehicle to take pictures of a breeding herd at Pilanesberg national park A Spanish tourist has been trampled to...
Fangs and toilet seat-shaped head: giant salamander-like fossil found in Namibia
About 2.5 metres long, creature was an apex predator 280m years ago, before age of dinosaurs, say scientists A giant 280m-year-old salamander-like creature that was...
Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study
Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species Protecting just 1.2% of the Earth’s surface...
Bear shreds seats then dozes off after breaking into Canadian woman’s car
Black bear apparently opened the vehicle by lifting door handle with its mouth, after breaking into same car last year After a string of vehicle...
