Viral epidemic strikes Spain's Mediterranean dolphins
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Better news for the Yangtze River 'baiji', however Spain's Mediterranean striped dolphin population is under threat from a virus epidemic which could see off up to two-thirds of the estimated 118.000 population, El Mundo reports.â¦
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Spain's Canary Islands, which last week declared a state of alert as swarms of locusts arrived from western Africa, is under threat from a renewed cloud of the creatures, an AFP photographer on the spot said.
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A debilitating tropical virus carried by mosquitos has become established in Europe for the first time.
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HOBART, AUSTRALIA - More than 120 whales and dolphins have died after beaching themselves in two separate locations off Australia.
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A contagious infection sweeping through herds of Italian water buffalo threatens mozzarella production.
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Scientists say a bacterial disease that can affect mammals, including humans, may be behind an increase in sea lions found dead on Oregon beaches recently.
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Bird flu virus may become endemic in parts of Europe, with ducks and geese more of a vector for spreading it than previously thought, the U.N. said on Thursday.
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A lack of information and public  funding is helping fuel the spread of HIV/AIDS in several  recent European Union entrants and threatens to become pandemic  across the bloc, a panel of experts said on Friday.
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A baby beluga whale born in a Spanish marine park &#151; the first beluga whale born in captivity in Europe &#151; has died at the age of 25 days.
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SYDNEY A series of mass strandings left 168 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches, leaving scientists and wildlife officials searching for the cause Tuesday.
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A shark is spotted off the coast of south-eastern Spain, the second such sighting in as many weeks.
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About 100 whales and dolphins died after beaching on a southern Australian island Sunday, and about 50 more were still at risk, a government official said.
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MADRID -- Spanish rescue services were searching the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands yesterday for about 50 African migrants who were feared to have drowned after their rickety boat capsized during a dramatic attempt to save them in rough seas.
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Marine biologist Dr Rosemary Gales inspects a dead dolphin 29 November 2004 on King Island in Bass Strait off Australia&#39;s south coast where 80 whales and dolphins died after stranding themselves.
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Missing marmosets, abducted alligators, purloined penguins: Thieves are targeting Europe's zoos and safari parks to supply animal collectors who want to own ever more exotic species.
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Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and a fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, the authorities said.
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No one expects the moby-virus police Spanish police arrested a 28-year old man on Saturday they suspect of involvement with a mobile phone virus.â¦