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Wild Animals News

Wild Animals

Wild Animals are a big environmental concern because they play such vast and important roles on the planet, and humans continuing to damage it through carbon emissions, deforestation and other environmental destruction will result in the loss of many of these vital contributors to Earth's ecosystems. (Photo: iStockphoto) 

Articles about Wild Animals

  • 9 of the most bizarre animal mating habits

    Tue, Jun 18 2013 at 12:39 PM

    From wild antics and strange body parts to risking life for love, here are nine of the most bizarre animal mating habits found in nature.

  • Tips for living near bears

    Mon, Jun 17 2013 at 12:15 PM

    The most important step to take is keeping food out of reach.

  • Teen takes a ride on a wild shark

    Mon, Jun 17 2013 at 9:44 AM

    Video: Florida native Chris Kreis, 19, took the ride of his life when he was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and a whale shark swam up alongside his boat.

  • Study finds famous albino gorilla was inbred

    Sat, Jun 15 2013 at 12:00 PM

    Snowflake, the only known white gorilla, probably got his fair complexion due to related parents. Researchers believe the albino mutation came from a pairing of uncle and niece, signaling habitat loss and lower genetic variation for lowland gorillas.

  • Darwin's frogs are in steep decline

    Fri, Jun 14 2013 at 5:20 PM

    These frogs take paternal instinct to the next level by swallowing and protecting newborn young until fully-developed. Discovered by Charles Darwin in 1834, this species' forest habitat is disappearing due to the growing wood and paper industry in Chile.

  • Death Valley: A vast space, full of surprises

    Fri, Jun 14 2013 at 5:16 PM

    For a location with a name as forbidding as Death Valley, this extreme location has a surprising amount of life.

  • Watch: Baby fox walks up to people asking for help

    Fri, Jun 14 2013 at 1:36 PM

    See what happens when two Russian hikers come across a distressed baby fox out in the woods.

  • Meet Lil' Drac, the orphaned bat whose story 'rocked' a nation

    Thu, Jun 13 2013 at 5:41 PM

    Workers at Bat World Sanctuary cared for the tiny critter whose adorable rescue story quickly went viral.

  • San Antonio sprawl threatens famed bat cave

    Wed, Jun 12 2013 at 3:17 PM

    A developer plans to build a nearly 4,000-home subdivision adjacent to a protected reserve that's the seasonal residence of the world's largest bat colony.

  • Fish on Prozac: Anxious, anti-social, aggressive

    Wed, Jun 12 2013 at 11:39 AM

    The EPA considers pharmaceuticals in water to be an 'emerging concern.'

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