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The state of Illinois has started a campaign to encourage more people to eat the invasive carp fish. This project is an effort to save local species that have been threatened since its introduction in the 1960s to remove...

This past summer, a herd of 100 Asian elephants made their way across The Mall in front of London’s Buckingham Palace. They weren’t live animals, however, but life-sized elephant sculptures that were handmade by Indigenous...

A new study from WWF International has reported that humans have wiped out 60 percent of the world’s mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles since 1970, and experts are now warning that wildlife destruction is an...

Bottlenose dolphins typically reside in tropical or warm-temperate waters around the world — but researchers recently glimpsed a group of around 200 of the dolphins and around 70 false killer whales off northern Vancouver...

Baboons escaped a biomedical research facility over the weekend with the help of a 55-gallon barrel. Gizmodo reported that one clever baboon figured out how to turn a barrel upright and use it to climb fencing. Three others...

It's not every day you see a turtle with a mohawk - even if that mohawk is made up of algae and not hair. The Mary River turtle is eye-catching for this stylish feature, and it is also known as a butt-breather, or a reptile...

Under 30 vaquita porpoises live in the wild — but Donald Trump's administration may be violating federal laws that could protect the animals, according to a lawsuit recently filed by conservation groups and reported on...

Invasive iguana populations have soared in Florida, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission launched a $63,000 research project to figure out the best way to get rid of the lizards...

Wildlife experts are worried that the illicit trade in jaguars appears to be growing — and they've connected it to Chinese construction projects. According to the journal a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02314-5">Nature,...

Urban areas don't tend to be too kind for hedgehogs. As they're declining in Britain, some people are trying to help. Enter Michel Birkenwald, a jeweler Atlas Obscura described as "one of London's most enthusiastic engineers...

A domesticated cow in Poland seems to have decided it doesn't want to be so domesticated anymore. The animal escaped from its pen on a farm last fall and was then spotted hanging out with a herd of around 50 bison near the...

Fires continue to ravage Southern California. While the Thomas Fire rages in Ventura County, one man was captured on video rescuing a wild rabbit hopping near Highway 1 in La Conchita. As the animal jumped near the flames,...

The impact of humanity's pollution on nature became all too real in a heartbreaking clip from Blue Planet II. A mother pilot whale grieved her dead baby, carrying it around with her. The calf may have died because of industrial...

Should elephants be viewed as legal persons in the eyes of the court? A new lawsuit filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) argues yes. The group says three elephants, owned by a traveling Connecticut zoo, should have...

Pterosaurs roamed the skies long ago as the first animals to evolve powered flight after insects - and in the Gobi Desert, scientists recently found the remains of one that could have been nearly as big as a small aircraft...