An Al Jazeera video explores the tough, cruel lives of Indonesian “monkey masters” and the chained animals they train to wear dolls masks, pull carts, perform tricks and beg for money in Jakarta’s “Monkey Village.” Read More »
Thousands of football fans watched an unusual match this weekend in Nepal — between two teams of elephants. Read More »
Vladimir Putin hailed Leonardo di Caprio as a “real man” after the Hollywood actor pledged $1 million to the battle to save the tiger on the final day of a summit meeting aimed at forging a future for the endangered big cats. Read More »
World leaders from 13 countries gather in St. Petersburg, Russia, this weekend for a summit aimed at saving the planet’s tigers from extinction. Read More »
A bizarre single-sex lizard which reproduces by cloning itself has been served up on a plate to reptile scientists in Vietnam. Read More »
India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh says schoolboy wizard Harry Potter is partly to blame for an alarming decline in the country’s wild owl population. Read More »
India has deployed a high-tech GPS-based tiger monitoring system in an effort to stamp out poaching and protect the critically endangered species. Read More »
Two bulls and 15 cows have been seized by Cambodian authorities after the mating cattle caused traffic chaos and knocked a motorist unconscious. Read More »