Switzerland could become the first country to give animals – including goldfish and guinea pigs – the right to be represented by lawyers in cruelty cases if voters back the plan in a March referendum. Read More »
Four northern white rhinos – believed to among just eight of the species left in the world – are to be dehorned in an effort to protect them from poachers. Read More »
A pair of swans at an English wildfowl centre have baffled bird watchers by getting “divorced” and pairing up with new mates. Read More »
Eels, once a slippery mainstay of Cockney cuisine, appear to be abandoning the River Thames. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London have recorded a 98 percent drop in the number of European eels in the river in the past five years and say that triggers alarm bells for the future health of other Thames-dwelling species too. Read More »
Web wildlife enthusiasts will be able to watch an American black bear give birth to cubs over the next few days after researchers rigged a webcam inside the bear’s den. Read More »
The 2009 winner of a prestigious wildlife photography award has been stripped of his prize after judges ruled that his winning entry of a wolf jumping over a gate featured an “animal model”. Read More »
A two-tonne hippopotamus escaped from a private zoo in Montenegro earlier in the week by swimming out of its enclosure on rising flood waters. Read More »
A treasure trove of previously undiscovered biodiversity including a slug-sucking snake and 30 species of rain frog has been found in an unusual region of Ecuadorian rainforest – but scientists fear the creatures may become extinct before they have even been properly studied and described. Read More »
Botanical sleuths investigating how an unusual orchid is pollinated on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion have discovered a new and seemingly unique type of cricket. Read More »
Researchers have mapped the extraordinary pole-to-pole migration of the Arctic tern, the bird world’s ultimate commuter which flies the equivalent of three return trips to the Moon during its lifetime. Read More »
