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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.

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.

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...

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.

The Obama administration will consider federal protection for 82 coral species threatened by warming water temperatures.

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.

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.

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.

Chinese environment officials are rushing to build three temporary barriers on the Yellow river after failing to contain an oil slick in a tributary of the country's second largest waterway.