Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants
New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentence A New York City man...
Category : Wildlife
Drone footage shows orcas chasing and killing great white shark
Scientists say behaviour, filmed in South Africa, has never been seen in detail before – and never from the air Scientists have published findings confirming...
Prince Harry wildlife NGO under fire after elephants kill three in Malawi
African Parks, of which the prince is president, is one of three parties accused of rushing a mass translocation of the mammals Two wildlife organisations,...
Sudden die-off of endangered sturgeon alarms Canadian biologists
The deaths within days of 11 sturgeon, a species unchanged for thousands of years, have puzzled scientists When the first spindly, armour-clad carcass was spotted...
Forbidden fruit trees: Canadian national park urges locals to remove bear-attracting bushes
Black bears preparing to hibernate have been lured into Jasper townsite by residents’ non-native apple and cherry trees The waning days of summer and a...
‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientists
Researchers think they may have solved enduring mystery of where Typhloesus wellsi sits on tree of life The mystery of a bizarre creature dubbed the...
India reintroduces cheetahs to wild after big cats airlifted from Namibia
PM Narendra Modi to welcome the eight animals amid fears that they may struggle with Kuno national park habitat or clash with leopards Eight Namibian...
Libyan militia detains hundreds of Chadians after poachers arrested
At least 400 Chadian workers rounded up in east Libyan town of Ajdabiya after security forces in Chad arrest four Libyan poachers Hundreds of Chadians...
Canada zoo finds escaped wolf pups in moment of joy tinged with tragedy
Four days after a ‘suspicious’ break-in, one pup is found safe and another appears to have been hit by a car Emotions are bittersweet at...
Five more people arrested in Brazil over murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Suspect already in custody is likely leader of illegal fishing mafia based in Amazon region, police say Brazilian police arrested another five people in connection...
