Man-eating New Zealand bird was ‘killing machine’
A man-eating bird capable of swooping out of the sky and killing a human being with its talons actually existed, scientists in New Zealand investigating the Maori legend have confirmed. Read More »
Australian plea to China: Don’t eat our kangaroos
The father of tragic “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin has urged China not to begin importing kangaroo meat amid fears the trade could drive the iconic Australian marsupial to the brink of extinction. Read More »
Giant rat, tree kangaroo among ‘Lost World’ discoveries
A new species of giant rat, a kangaroo-type creature that lives in trees and a fanged frog are among more than 40 never-before-seen creatures discovered during a “Lost World”-style expedition to a previously unexplored volcanic crater in Papua New Guinea. Read More »
Gorillas bring wildlife tourists to Rwanda
CNN’s David McKenzie reports from Rwanda on how the once-troubled central African country’s mountain gorillas have inspired a tourism boom. Read More »
Last-ditch bid to save Romanian zoo’s lions from death
Fourteen lions at a squalid and crumbling Romanian zoo could be shot if an appeal to raise funds to move the ailing big cats to a British wildlife park falls short of its £150,000 target. Read More »
Monkey evicted from palace after peeing on president
The president of Zambia has ordered the eviction of around 200 monkeys from the gardens of the presidential palace after one of them urinated on his head during a press conference. Read More »