Mama bear keeps cubs longer as shield against hunters
by Hazel Ward Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Female brown bears have learned to protect themselves from being shot…
8 years ago
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More than 130 pilot whales die in mass Australia beaching
PERTH, Australia (AFP) -- At least 135 short-finned pilot whales died Friday after a mass beaching in Australia as rescuers…
8 years ago
China plans panda park that will dwarf Yellowstone
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- China will create a bastion of giant pandas three times the size of Yellowstone National Park…
8 years ago
Rumble in the jungle: mother bear fights off Indian tiger
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Tourists on a wildlife safari in central India were treated to a rare and vicious…
8 years ago
All the wild horses are extinct: study
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- All the world's wild horses have gone extinct, according to…
8 years ago
Ants nurse wounded warriors back to health: study
by Mariette le Roux and Laurence Coustal Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- African Matabele ants dress the wounds…
8 years ago
Another whale population suddenly dying in Atlantic
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- US marine investigators are probing an unusual die-off of minke whales along the US east…
8 years ago
In the Galapagos, an idyllic hammerhead shark nursery
by Jordi MIRO Agence France-Presse SANTA CRUZ, Ecuador (AFP) -- For millions of years, new-born hammerhead sharks have grown up…
8 years ago
First monkeys cloned by process that made Dolly the sheep
by Etienne Lamy-Smith with Kerry Sheridan in Miami Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Scientists in China have created the…
8 years ago
WATCH: Wild wallaby leads Aussie cops on hop-speed chase
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A wallaby startled motorists Tuesday when it hopped across Sydney's Harbor Bridge, closely tailed by police.…
8 years ago
Outrage after koala found screwed to a pole in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A dead koala has been found screwed to a pole in Australia in a "sickening" act…
8 years ago
Look: Nepal’s last known dancing bears rescued
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Nepali authorities have rescued the country's last known "dancing bears", officials said Sunday, ending the medieval…
9 years ago
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