Animals
Hundreds of illegally caught aquarium fish were confisticated from a house in Phuket. The owner of the house hired local fishermen to catch the fish with cyanide in coral reefs around the islands of Ko Racha and Ko Khai.
A rare all-black pinguin has been discovered on the island of South Georgia near Atlantica. According to biologists, the animal has lost control of its pigmentation, which is an extremely rare mutation.
The world's first male elephant twins were born in the northeastern Thai province of Surin on Saturday.
A Daily Mail contributor tells about her visit to her five-year-old adopted female elephant "Tong Jan", living at the Elephant Nature Park, in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai.
Sampling for Asian carp to begin in Chicago area
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are set to begin rooting out heat-seeking Asian carp that have made it past the Chicago area's electric fish barrier system.
Study: Elephants Do Not Run; They just walk faster
Scientists propose that large elephants may not be running, regardless of how fast they appear to be moving. A series of investigations has made experts consider the possibility that the mammals may actually be walking very fast, rather than runni...
Thai names shortlisted for baby elephant born in Melbourne zoo
Members of the public are being invited to help name the baby elephant born last month at Melbourne Zoo.
Sea lions, seal found shot to death in Seattle
The National Marine Fisheries Service is investigating the deaths of at least four sea lions and a seal that have been found shot on a beach in West Seattle over the past week.
Warming Water Spurs US to Consider ESA Protection for 82 Coral Species
The Obama administration will consider federal protection for 82 coral species threatened by warming water temperatures.
US Unveils Plan to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes
Federal officials Monday unveiled a multi-pronged attack to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and prevent an invasion that could potentially devastate a $7 billion recreation fishing industry.
A $2.55 elephant encounter in Thailand
(...) The use of elephants as domesticated animals trained for labor is intertwined with the development of Thai civilization. The animals are especially associated with the Thai monarchy; kings kept rare white elephants as signs of wealth, potenc...
Giant squid invade California waters, entice anglers
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds.
Save the tiger: Pressure mounts for tougher action
HUAI KHA KHEANG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Thailand -- After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves.
Asian carp DNA found in Lake Michigan for first time
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not immediately close shipping locks near Chicago to keep Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan, state and federal officials raised the possibility that the invasive fish may already be there.
Florida's Big Chill stuns sea turtles; iguanas drop from trees, manatees seeky balmy waters
APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Frigid temperatures across Florida drove hundreds of manatees to balmy waters outside a power plant, shocked endangered sea turtles off the coast and even sent cold-blooded iguanas tumbling from trees.
Dozens of birds shot at Oakland airport
Human safety took precedence over migratory waterfowl last week at Oakland International Airport - with "conducted bird abatement activities" that included the shooting of several dozen gulls, cormorants and pelicans.
San Francisco's vanishing sea lions baffles experts
Hundreds of sea lions that have rested, scuffled and provided hours of blubbery, barking entertainment for two decades at San Francisco's Pier 39 have disappeared - and biologists have no idea why.
Activists decry wild-horse roundups
Federal officials have begun rounding up at least 2,500 wild horses from Nevada rangeland, triggering protests from animal advocates who say the trapping endangers these symbols of the American West and condemns them to lives in captivity.
More than 125 whales die in New Zealand strandings
NELSON, New Zealand — More than 125 whales have died in two separate strandings in New Zealand, conservation officials said Monday.
Thais hunt for missing hippo
Bangkok - Thailand's Chiang Mai Night Safari has launched a search and rescue operation for a baby hippopotamus that went missing from the zoo's veterinary hospital last week, media reports said Sunday.