Rare Buffalo, Sacred to Some Indians, Dies
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A buffalo considered sacred by some American Indians because it was born white has died of natural causes at the age of 10, its owner said.
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Discovery of a lone survivor of an unknown Indian tribe in Brazil set off accusations of murder and a struggle over ownership of one of the world's last great wilderness areas.
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The web video "Battle at Kruger," in which a baby buffalo is rescued by its herd from a lion attack, is less surprising to animal behaviorists than to its millions of Web fans
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Mama Petite, described as one of the oldest hippos in the country, has died after several days of rapidly declining health at the Birmingham Zoo.
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CALCUTTA, India - When his chickens started disappearing a few weeks ago, a farmer in eastern India figured dogs or jackals were to blame - until he discovered his calf making a meal of his poultry.
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By Emma D. Sapong, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Four people, dozens of dogs and cats, 11 porpoises and a horse have died from a rare tropical fungus since it was detected on Vancouver Island in 1999, a study has concluded.
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A farm in Wisconsin is quickly becoming hallowed ground for American Indians with the birth of its third white buffalo, an animal considered sacred by many tribes for its potential to bring good fortune and peace.
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A western lowland gorilla her keeper described as benevolent died Tuesday at the Brookfield Zoo from complications of kidney failure.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out - if not already extinct - with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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A rare northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide, zoo officials said.
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Babs, a 30-year-old gorilla who led Brookfield Zoo&#39;s colony for 15 years, died Tuesday, leaving zookeepers both saddened and curious to see who&#39;ll fill the new power vacuum.
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BHEJAPADAR, India  - The corpse of an Indian man was exhumed by his family in a remote eastern village in the belief that a witch doctor could bring him back to life, three days after he died.
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The pathos engulfing the death of Parveen Babi marked not just an individual's demise. It also symbolised the passing of a philosophy, a culture and a lifestyle that defined the late 60s and much of the 70s.
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Gemina, a giraffe with a distinctive crooked neck and one of the most beloved animals at the Santa Barbara Zoo, has died. She was 21. The zoo euthanized the animal on Wednesday, it was announced Thursday.
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LUCKNOW, India  - As many as 26 endangered crocodiles have been found dead over the last three days in northern India and experts attribute the rare mass deaths to cirrhosis of the liver, authorities said on Friday.
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The first panda bred in captivity and released into the wild has died in China after less than a year &#151; the apparent victim of a fall. Chinese officials said the body bore injuries inflicted by wild pandas, and the animal may have died trying to escape.