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All dogs in Britain must have microchips by 2016, government says (VIDEO)

Fish navigate using Earth's magnetic fields, study shows

World's oldest living bird gives birth to a hatchling at the age of 62

Fuzzy South Africa fur seal caught on tape killing and eating...sharks (VIDEO)

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Arctic oil spill plan leaked, criticized as 'useless'

Ten endangered pygmy elephants found poisoned in Malaysia

Dung beetles use the Milky Way for navigation: study

Horse meat burgers saddle UK with menu of problems

Baby elephant rescued from a well by villagers in India (VIDEO)

Thousands of crocodiles escape South African farm after flooding

Iran to send monkey into space; NIH may stop using chimps (PHOTOS)

Man drags shark into water after it swims near children (VIDEO)

China zoo crocodiles in Shenzen pelted to death with trash and rocks

Kenyan port seizes 638 illegal elephant tusks

Florida Burmese python hunt begins with 11 catches in the Everglades (VIDEO)

Sonic waves from military ships blamed for whale deaths off Indian coast

Bikini waxing making pubic lice rarer and rarer, according to experts

Baby chimpanzee born live on world's first chimp birth cam (VIDEO)

Nepalese two-year-old eaten by wild animal while playing outside

Zambia bans game hunting of lions and leopards as populations fall

South Africa sics drones on rhino poachers

Killer whales trapped in ice have been freed (VIDEO)

Quebec killer whales trapped in ice to be helped by team of experts (VIDEO)

Feral dogs kill four in Mexico City park

Elephant family slaughtered in Kenya

Giant squid videotaped in its natural habitat for the first time ever

Will the oil curse come to Congo? (VIDEO)

Virunga National Park has a new enemy: Oil

Africa’s oldest park is under attack

The horrors of eastern Congo

Brigitte Bardot moving to Russia if France destroys elephants

Narwhal smuggling ring busted by American and Canadian authorities

Panda blood could fight superbugs

Endangered tigers making a comeback in Asia

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Shark tank breaks inside Chinese mall (VIDEO)

Vietnam: invasion of the mystery worms

Costa Rica bans trophy hunting, a first for Latin America

Brazil’s remedy for extinction: cloning

Turtles washing up in Cape Cod Bay in record numbers (VIDEO)

Cargo ship sinks off Dutch Coast, death toll rises

Birds use cigarettes to snuff out parasites

World's oldest dinosaur may have been discovered

South Africa deploys high-tech airplane to stop rhino poachers

Are spiders getting bigger? New research indicates the answer is "yes"

Crocodile devours 12-year-old Australian boy in second fatal attack in two weeks

Camel escapes Los Angeles circus, tours city streets (VIDEO)

White tiger mauls three people at Czech zoo

Mutilated dolphins found off the Gulf Coast

Hope for elephants: Retired circus elephants find new home

Hope Elephants Hope Maine

Mountain gorilla population rising in Uganda, WWF says

Young girl believed taken by crocodile in Australia

A Friday in Maine: Leasca and the Hope Elephants take over @GlobalPost

Gulf oil rig explosion: 2 missing, 11 hospitalized

Panda born at San Diego Zoo named Xiao Liwu, or 'Little Gift'

India: Endangered vulture population increases for first time in 20 years

India's secret shame: Owl sacrifice mars Hinduism's biggest holiday

Nepal: 'Serial killer' leopard may just crave salty snacks

Man-eating leopard on the loose in Nepal, suspected of eating 15 people

Animal trainer, Benjamin Cloutier, mauled to death by grizzly bears in Montana

World's rarest whales found washed up on New Zealand beach

India: New web site tracks green clearances

Halloween lobster discovered in New England saved from bubbling cauldron (VIDEO)

Nine new colorful tarantulas discovered in Brazil

Wild boar goes on rampage in Berlin, injuring 4

Hurricane Sandy in New York City: Hospitals evacuated, subways flooded and Con Edison plant explodes

Old English sheepdogs may go extinct

16 tiger cubs rescued from back of pickup in Thailand (VIDEO)

Aan, orangutan shot with 104 air pellets, rescued in Indonesia

Photos show dead sperm whale in Gulf of Mexico

Snake on a plane (no, really this time) lands in Scotland from Mexico

Asia's newest elite drink? Elephant dung coffee

Gaga germanotta, Gaga monstraparva: Botanists name new fern genuses after Lady Gaga

Grandmothers responsible for human life span

Shark kills surfer Francisco Javier Solorio Jr. off Surf Beach in California

Male beluga whale mimics human sounds (VIDEO)

Hong Kong seizes massive $3.4 million African ivory shipment

Alaska argues to keep polar bears off endangered species list, with populations at 'all-time-high'

Zookeeper crushed by elephant critical but stable

Enormous "Daddy-long-legs" species discovered in Lao jungle

Save the sharks, says Costa Rica

In Laos, a freakishly long "daddy long legs" is discovered

India: PM pledges $50 million for biodiversity protection, but are the 'rich' countries listening?

Rhino killings reach record levels in South Africa

Chinese scientist suspects that humans used to eat pandas

Taotao the panda finishes survival training, goes wild (VIDEO)

Can you identify an enormous mystery eyeball? Eyeball washes ashore in Florida and public invited to figure out where it came from (VIDEO)

National Zoo's baby panda died of insufficient oxygen to liver