Oil spill reaches Roosevelt’s refuge from ‘feather mafia’

pelican.smallPelicans and other birds covered in oil have been found in one of the United States’ oldest wildlife reserves amid fears that the huge Gulf of Mexico slick could devastate regional wildlife. Read More »

Scotland’s oldest osprey returns for 20th breeding season

osprey.smallBirdwatchers in Scotland are celebrating the return of the UK’s oldest known breeding female osprey for a 20th consecutive year. Read More »

Bluefin tuna on ‘path to extinction’ as fishing ban fails

bluefin.tuna.smallWildlife groups have expressed disappointment after a proposal to ban the fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna was rejected at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Doha. Read More »

NASA scientists find shrimp life deep under Antarctic ice

NASA scientists have discovered a shrimp-like creature living deep beneath an Antarctic ice sheet, prompting speculation that similar creatures could exist in similarly harsh extra-terrestrial environments. Read More »

Video report from the UK’s National Seal Sanctuary

Zoogle News reports from the UK’s National Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, Cornwall, and gets to meet some of the residents.

Sea lions killed to protect endangered salmon

sealion.smallDozens of sea lions could be killed off the United States’ north Pacific coastline to stop them feasting on endangered wild salmon, wildlife officials say. Read More »

SeaWorld: Tilikum the killer whale would die in the wild

tilikum.smallSeaWorld officials in Orlando have rejected calls for a killer whale which killed its trainer to be released back into the wild or to a seaside sanctuary. Read More »

SeaWorld suspends whale shows after trainer’s death

killer.whales.smallSeaWorld has suspended some killer whale shows at its parks after a female trainer was killed in front of a horrified audience. Read More »

Galapagos seals set out for warmer waters

For the first time, Galapagos fur seals have set up a colony away from the islands made famous by English naturalist, Charles Darwin. Read More »

Lesbian albatrosses raise chick together

albatrosses.smallA pair of lesbian albatrosses have amazed birdwatchers in New Zealand by successfully incubating, hatching and raising a chick together. Read More »