Alexander BesantMay 4, 2013 17:22

JOHANNESBURG — A dinosaur fossil uncovered in China in 2006 has been declared a new meat-eating species not previously discovered.

Eel smuggling suspects arrested

Amy SilversteinMay 3, 2013 12:37

Eel meat is worth $2,000 a pound.

Was the last rhino in Mozambique killed?

Erin Conway-SmithMay 1, 2013 15:18

JOHANNESBURG — The last rhino in Mozambique has been killed by poachers. At least that's what the media would have you believe.

Europe bans some pesticides to help bees

Sarah WolfeApril 29, 2013 14:34

Europe moved to ban some pesticides today in a bid to save the continent's bee population.

Gray wolves may get dropped from endangered list

Amy SilversteinApril 26, 2013 20:15

"They're basically giving up on wolf recovery before the job is done."

Elephant poaching on the rise amid chaos in Central African Republic

Talia Ralph and Tristan McConnellApril 26, 2013 12:18

Elephant poachers in the Central African Republic are taking advantage of the region's political turmoil to hunt in protected areas and sell their meat and tusks.

How scared should we be of H7N9?

Rian Rossetti and Matthew WelchApril 26, 2013 06:00

The newest outbreak of avian flu, the strain H7N9, has killed 22 and infected 108. As more cases appear and the death toll rises, so do the fears. But Dr. Neil Fishman, associate chief medical officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, is cautiously optimistic. Find out why.

Cheetah could be extinct by 2030

Jill LangloisApril 24, 2013 09:45

Experts have warned that the big cat, which is already on the endangered species list, is losing its natural habitat fast and does not adapt well to living in wildlife reserves.

Amy SilversteinApril 22, 2013 19:19

Tiger escapes circus, surprises woman in circus bathroom

A Kansas woman found a loose tiger hanging out in the women's restroom.

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Tony, a Siberian Tiger, sits in a renovated big cat grotto at the San Francisco Zoo Feb. 21, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Zoo reopened its big cat grottos for public viewing almost two months after a man was fatally mauled by a Siberian tiger that escaped from its enclosure on Christmas day. On Sept. 21, 2012, a man in the New York was attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at the Bronx Zoo. (Justin Sullivan /AFP/Getty Images)

"I am sure she saw the tiger because the bathroom is only 25 feet long."

Tanzania to evict Maasai people in favor of fee-paying trophy hunters

Tristan McConnellApril 17, 2013 06:01

NAIROBI — “The government has just announced that it plans to kick thousands of our families off our lands so that wealthy tourists can use them to shoot lions and leopards,” the Maasai responded.