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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

  • Naval exercises take deadly toll on dolphins

    Thu, May 16 2013 at 3:17 PM

    Michael Jasny outlines steps that could be taken by various navies to protect dolphins in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Orphaned polar bear arrives in New York

    Thu, May 16 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Kali will be raised alongside Luna, a cub that was abandoned by its mother.

  • My how you've grown! Zoo takes stock of baby animals

    Thu, May 16 2013 at 11:57 AM

    Home to about 1,850 animals across 210 species, the Hagenbeck Zoo in Germany conducts a headcount of all of its residents every year.

  • Pregnancy test frog may have spread fatal fungus

    Wed, May 15 2013 at 5:20 PM

    African clawed frogs were once widely imported and bred by hospitals because it lays eggs when injected with a pregnant woman's urine.

  • Dogs and humans evolved together

    Wed, May 15 2013 at 10:17 AM

    Some studies show that the wild dogs of South China may have been the first domesticated canines.

  • Polar bear cub prepares for new home in New York

    Tue, May 14 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Video: An orphaned polar bear cub that arrived at the Alaska Zoo two months ago will soon depart for a new adventure: meeting another young cub at the Buffalo Zoo.

  • Climate change endangers common species, too

    Mon, May 13 2013 at 10:14 AM

    Animal and plant losses are likely to be particularly severe in Central and South America, Australia, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

  • The wackiest moms of the animal kingdom

    Sat, May 11 2013 at 12:30 PM

    While Mother's Day celebrates human mothers, there are a lot of other moms in the animal kingdom worth a shout-out.

  • Poachers kill at least 26 elephants in Central Africa

    Fri, May 10 2013 at 4:56 PM

    Poachers continue to kill elephants and strip them of their ivory tusks to sell on global markets, despite a ban on ivory poaching.

  • Welcome to the 'Insta-zoo' [Photos]

    Fri, May 10 2013 at 11:50 AM

    Photographer Joern Pollex gives the animals at the zoo in Hamburg, Germany instant charm.

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