Details of the secret lives of jaguars – including how often the elusive creatures give birth – have been revealed thanks to a landmark study of the big cats using radio collars and camera traps in Costa Rica. Read More »
Zookeepers in Thailand are celebrating the surprise birth of a panda cub – having given up all hope that the zoo’s two bears would ever mate after staging a mock wedding for the pair and even showing them panda pornography. Read More »
A zookeeper at a New Zealand wildlife park has been mauled to death by a white tiger in front of horrified visitors. Read More »
Morality may not be a uniquely human trait according to recent research suggesting mammals as varied as wolves, primates, mice, bats and whales know the difference between right and wrong. Read More »
Police were forced to close a section of the busy M25 motorway in Kent, southern England, on Monday after two bulls and a heifer escaped onto the carriageway after being involved in an accident in a horsebox. Read More »
Leading members of the royal family and top politicians including prime minister Gordon Brown, foreign secretary David Miliband and London mayor Boris Johnson have become embroiled in a battle between rival British zoos to land the country’s first pair of breeding pandas in 15 years. Read More »
Dozens of onlookers at the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were treated this week to the birth of a baby giraffe – the zoo’s first new arrival in two years. Read More »
Australia’s famous Tasmanian devil has been placed on the country’s endangered list because of a deadly contagious facial cancer which threatens to wipe the species out. Read More »
Two German zoos went to court Tuesday in a custody battle over “Cute Knut”, the celebrity polar bear who has generated millions of euros in revenue. Read More »
Breeders at a wildlife park in Kent are celebrating the success of a baboon breeding programme following the birth of two baby apes and the imminent arrival of five more. Read More »
