Photo in the News: Python Eats Pregnant Sheep
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The greedy-guts reptile had to be removed from a Malaysian road, because the snake was too full to slither away.
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European scientists confirm what is thought to be the first known case of "mad cow" disease in a goat.
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Science & environment: The mysterious case of St Kilda's vanishing black sheep has been solved by geneticists
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A male panda at the Beijing Zoo once bitten by a drunk tourist attacked a teenager, ripping chunks out of the boy's legs, officials and a newspaper said Tuesday
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Eating fish during pregnancy has long-lasting benefits for the child, a UK study suggests.
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This week: Orphaned baby animals saved, lava flows from Italian volcano, record ivory cache seized in Japan, and more.
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This week: "virgin" komodo birth, groundbreaking rhino, firearm bonfire, new species of lizards, a new nocturnal rodent, and more.
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A pig genetically modified in China to make it glow has given birth to fluorescent piglets, proving such changes can be inherited, state media said Wednesday.
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Cow manure and fish guts and maggots. It could all soon be dinner &#151; if you're an Idaho rainbow trout.
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LIMA, Peru - After 34 years of patient tinkering, researchers at Peru's most prestigious agrarian university have bred a new culinary export they hope will scamper onto dinner plates throughout America and the world: the super guinea pig.    The animal is a cuddly companion for millions of children in the United States...
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EGYPT, Ark. - Goats normally have no more than two young at a time, so Scott and Tim Turner were understandably surprised when they found one of their herd of Boer goats had given birth to quadruplets. It is that time of year at the Buckshot Ridge Boer Goat Farm.
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A giant panda in southwest China has given birth to a pair of twins, state media said, the latest additions in a baby boom for the endangered animals.
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A fluorescent green Chinese pig has given birth to two piglets which share their mother's transgenic characteristic after she mated with an ordinary pig, state media said.
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This week: living conditions for lab mice, crickets with broken hearts and the remnants of a Jupiter moon.
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Meat from African wild animals being sold illegally in the UK is spreading a virus similar to HIV, a leading scientist has warned.
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Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, makes her debut. Compiled by Tony Long.
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Scientists in China may use a police  dog to teach pandas to fight after the first artificially bred  panda released into the wild was apparently killed after a  battle with other animals, local media reported on Saturday.