Woman shields son from black bear eating birthday picnic in Mexico
Silvia Macías was celebrating 15th birthday of son Santiago when bear appeared and gulped down tacos A woman in Mexico shielded her son after a...
Category : Animals
Rhino numbers rebound as global figures reveal a win for conservation
Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangered Global rhinoceros...
Elephants on the march across African borders as heat stress leads to fatalities
Mortality rate grows as animals roam long distances and clash with local people in desperate search for water The climate crisis is pushing elephants on...
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean African penguins are on track for extinction by 2035 if measures...
Grey whales seen seeking human help to remove parasites
Captain of tourist boat from Baja California, Mexico, says grey whales return repeatedly for ‘grooming’ Grey whales have learned to approach whale-watching boats to have...
‘We’re all afraid of bears’: judge fines Canadian man for shooting animal
The judge rejected Serge Paincahud’s ‘scared’ defense to fire at a black bear while illegally carrying a shotgun on a trail A Canadian man, who...
Driven out by decades of conflict, native giraffes make a return to Angola
In a ‘message of hope’ the animals have been brought in from Namibia to establish a group in their historical homeland After an epic 36-hour...
Paddleboarders in close brush with hammerhead shark off Florida coast
Gabriel Barajas and Malea Tribble thought ‘it was all over for us’ – but marine expert suggests shark was merely being ‘inquisitive’ A pair of...
Russian man dies after being mauled by shark off Egyptian Red Sea resort
Authorities close off 46-mile stretch of coastline after man attacked by tiger shark near Hurghada A Russian man has died after being mauled by a...
‘I flew through the air’: Canadian cyclist recovering after collision with bear
Kevin Milner was riding on trail north of Vancouver when black bear charged forward and sent him flipping over the handlebars A Canadian man is...
