Mexico City confronts street dog menace
Mexico City authorities chased down stray dogs Tuesday to find the canines behind the grisly killing of four people, angering pet defenders who say the animals are wrongly accused.
Massive finback whale beached in New York City
A massive whale, some 60 feet (18 meters) long, beached itself on Wednesday morning in New York City, where, despite rescue efforts, it seemed to have little chance of survival.
Nepal campaigners plead for killer elephant's life
Nepalese animal rights groups pleaded Monday for the life of a lovelorn elephant which has trampled several people to death and is being hunted down by an army execution squad.
Environmental hangover from Indonesia's palm oil thirst
The roar of chainsaws has replaced birdsong, the once-lush, green jungle scorched to a barren grey. The equivalent of six football pitches of forest is lost every minute in Indonesia.
World's biggest, oldest trees are dying: research
Scientists Friday warned of an alarming increase in the death rates of the largest living organisms on the planet, the giant, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and wildlife.
Ecuador's Lonesome George wasn't lonely after all
When Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island giant tortoise, died in June in the Galapagos, the world mourned the demise of a species.
Hobbit producers deny animal cruelty
The producers of "The Hobbit" movies on Tuesday rejected allegations that animals died due to mistreatment during the making of Peter Jackson's highly anticipated Tolkien trilogy in New Zealand.
New species of lizard found in Australia
Scientists announced Monday the discovery of a new species of lizard fighting to survive among the sand dunes outside Perth in Western Australia.
Leonardo DiCaprio urges Antarctic ocean sanctuary
Leonardo DiCaprio urged a high-level Antarctic conservation meeting in Australia Tuesday to approve a sweeping Southern Ocean marine sanctuary to protect thousands of polar species.
30 endangered Bukhar deers releaseed in southern Kazakhstan
The deers will still be living behind barriers for some time; however, the habitat is very similar to their natural life environment.
Revealed: Secrets of the Squid from Hell
Biologists on Wednesday said they had unlocked secrets about the vampire squid, a mysterious creature that feeds on the decaying dead in the unlit depths.
Catching some zzzz's at Costa Rica's sloth sanctuary
They often arrive in bad shape -- hit by cars, zapped by high-voltage wires as they climb trees, or orphaned because superstitious locals have killed their moms.
Mexico wastewater project uncovers Ice Age bones
Workers have discovered hundreds of bones belonging to Ice Age animals, including mammoths, mastodons and glyptodons, while digging to build a wastewater treatment plant north of Mexico City.
World's oldest hippo dies at 62
Donna, believed to be the world's oldest hippo, has died at the age of 62 after living more than two decades beyond the massive mammal's usual life expectancy, zoo officials said.
Cost of most expensive dog haircuts in Almaty unveiled
The most expensive dog haircut costs 15 thousand tenge ($100) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
PHOTO: Goanna caught in Shymkent yard
A goanna has been caught in the yard of a private house in Samal region of Shymkent city in the south of Kazakhstan.
Saiga population increased by one third in Kazakhstan
Saiga antelopes population has increased by more than one third in Kazakhstan in two years.
Almaty Zoo is baby-booming
Albino porcupines, fawns, ponies, moufflons, a colt, wolf cubs and gannet cheepers have been born in Almaty Zoo since the beginning of this summer.
Shymkent Zoo is baby-booming
Lama, pony and two deers were born during the past week in Shymkent Zoo with five more deers to be delivered in the nearest future.
Saiga antelopes die in Kostanay oblast again
Pasteurellosis is quoted as the most likely cause of the new surge of saiga's deaths in Kazakhstan.