The Ethiopian wolf is the most endangered species in the canid group. The biggest threat comes from rabies and other diseases carried by dogs in the wolves’ mountainous habitat, but researchers now think it may be possible to develop a vaccine that could dramatically help the species’ survival
An environment activist, Rob Puddicombe, is drawing fire from National Park officials for his efforts to save a species of black rats on remote Anacapa Island, off the coast of southern California
An international group of scientists pooling more than 30 years of data has concluded that behavioural patterns among different orangutan populations show evidence of culture
After seeing wolves in the zoo and on television, the Utah trapper who accidentally caught a wolf near Morgan last month was sure he would recognise a wolf if he ever saw one in the wild. An event that has caused somewhat of an uproar in Utah
Thirty-five-year-old Herve Bernaudon, a sheep farmer from the Hautes-Alpes region, has become the first person in France to be placed under formal investigation for killing a wolf
A mutual fund firm with ties to the Getty family oil fortune said it plans to offer a pair of ecology-friendly funds with the Sierra Club name that will not invest in oil stocks
Chinese and French scientists say they have developed a new approach to treating the equivalent of HIV in monkeys
Thousands of Gentoo and Magellanic penguins have been found on washed up on beaches partially paralysed and dying in the Falklands
The grey wolf that was captured in Utah and sent back to Wyoming is heading back to his home ground. While federal agents are probing the death of a grey wolf that they believe died of a gunshot wound in South Dakota
Wildlife campaigners are backing calls for the New Zealand government to support an industry that turns the alien brush-tailed possum species into coats and socks
Growing numbers of lawyers are pushing the murky edges of the law, hoping to strengthen — or at least clarify — the rights of animals, beyond traditional bans on cruelty
To help protect the endangered Asian snow leopard, Thomas McCarthy and Priscilla Allen are trying to help people in a tiny Kyrgystan village sell hats, bags, slippers and other handicrafts
Scientists say the steak knife is destined for the scrap heap thanks to a new DNA test able to identify cattle carrying a tenderness gene
A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina will concern environmentalists who say planted GM crops have cross-pollinated with normal plants to create superweeds that are resistant to insect attack and could spread rapidly
Passers-by alerted fire-fighters after hearing noises emanating from a locked dumpster. Within minutes of arriving at the scene, the occupant was rescued but fire-fighters say the puppy turned out to be a very large and apparently well-fed rat
Lucas discovered a bug in his wife’s iBook after she left it to charge overnight — well more that one. It had become the new home for a colony of ants
The drought gripping large parts of the country is starting to take its toll on the wildlife of outback Australia. The drought has become so bad in the far west of New South Wales that birds are dropping out of the trees
A rogue squirrel is spreading terror in a Cheshire town where it keeps attacking people. Children have been attacked, grown men chased and residents of Knutsford, central England, are fearful of letting their kids out to play
Procter & Gamble, one of the world’s leading cosmetic companies, planned to side-step an EU animal-testing ban by conducting the experiments outside Europe
Blueprint for a Living Continent, a submission on the sustainable use of water resources, claims that Australia cannot be drought-proofed. It suggests managing drought better with an immediate end to broadscale land clearing, paying farmers to maintain environmental services like clean water and healthy soils, and extra costs on food and water to pay farmers to farm sustainably
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