Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America
Virus has spread around the world, with 200,000 wild birds dead in Peru alone and concerns Australia could be next Millions of wild birds may...
Category : Wildlife
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...
Massive strike pits African fishers against ‘superprofitable’ EU firms
About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companies The...
Baby dead and 23 people missing after hippo collides with boat in Malawi
Police in Nsanje say canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River when incident took place A baby has died and 23 people are...
Avian flu outbreak in the Gambia threatens birds on East Atlantic Flyway
Hundreds of dead birds found in past three weeks as conservationists call for international funding to help stop the disease spreading on migration routes An...
Scientists discover pristine deep-sea Galápagos reef ‘teeming with life’
Diving to 600m, researchers find reefs full of octopus, lobster and fish, raising hopes for corals’ survival amid rising sea temperatures Scientists operating a submersible...
Calls for action on Colombia’s hippo scourge after animal dies in road crash
Dead creature was one of 150 descendants of four hippos imported by drug baron Pablo Escobar in 1980s Colombia has logged its first hippopotamus-caused road...
