Deaths of Rare Crocodile in India Stir Alarm
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The rare Indian crocodile known as the gharial is turning up dead by the dozens on the banks of a river in India and forest officials donât know why.
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Tens of thousands of iconic Australian creatures including koalas and kangaroos may have died in fires that swept through vast tracts of southern Australia this week, environmentalists say.
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An often-fatal bacterial disease that has sickened hundreds of sea lions on the Central Coast is seen as a threat to humans and other mammals as well.
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One of Earth's rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po'ouli.
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Steve Irwin, who won global fame for his televised death-defying stunts, was killed today while filming a documentary.
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Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had a sixth sense that he would die young, his American-born wife Terri said on Monday.
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By TOFAYEL AHMED  COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been found dead along Bangladesh's coast in the past two weeks, triggering concerns about pollution and local fishing practices, an official said Thursday.
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By TOFAYEL AHMED  COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been found dead along Bangladesh's coast over the past two weeks, triggering concerns about pollution and local fishing practices, an official said Thursday.
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Two young Royal Bengal tigers died unexpectedly at a zoo in India where dozens of lions have already died young, possibly because of a breeding program that produced weak animals, a conservator said Thursday.
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By YP Rajesh and Suresh Seshadri in Cuddalore and Madras, India. RESCUE workers pulled rotting corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India today, as the government warned the death toll of more than
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Human hands and other body parts were found in the belly of a five metre (16 ft) crocodile caught in Kupang Bay in eastern Indonesia, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Global demand for a tiny pet fish recently found in Myanmar is already raising concerns about the survival of the species.
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Malaysian conservation groups on Wednesday called for a halt to crocodile hunts in the wild jungles of Borneo mounted by Malaysians searching for the remains of a boy feared to have been eaten by one of the reptiles.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out &#151; if not already extinct &#151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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At least 20 endangered turtles have been found dead along the coast of southeastern Bangladesh, an official said Thursday.
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TV personality Steve Irwin's death by stingray may be spurring some fans to maim the fish, ten of which were found killed this week off Australia.
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Apes, gazelles, crocodiles, dolphins, vultures and parakeets are all in danger as the global extinction crisis escalates.