Djibouti Refuge Shelters Endangered Cheetahs
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Working with cheetahs, the world's fastest land animal and now an endangered species, is a bit different from treating cats and dogs, but Bertrand Lafrance felt he had little choice.
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Tanga village picked for protecting rare fish in Tanzania    DAR ES SALAAM, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A small village in the Tanga Region in northeastern Tanzania has been picked as a proposed nature reserve area for the rare fish of coelacanth.
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Lions in the Tsavo region of southeastern Kenya are prone to prey on livestock during the rainy season: Researchers hope the finding can help ranchers&#151;and save lions.
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ASHFORD, Conn. -- An animal welfare group has launched a campaign to raise $15 million for a sanctuary where unwanted dogs, cats, birds and other small domestic animals could live out their lives.
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The promiscuous habits of female cheetahs are uncovered by scientists studying the species.
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A rare species of mountain sheep could face extinction if it is not given a safe haven from the conflicts tearing apart its natural habitat in central and south Asia, conservationists say.
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Displaced Sudanese women waiting for food to be distributed Nov. 9, in el-Sereif refugee camp, on the outskirts of Nyala town in Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region.
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CONSERVATIONISTS at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust are asking people to join their adopt-a-species scheme for wildlife under threat.  The vulnerable species available for adoption are great crested newt, dormouse, water vole, snipe, otter and barn owl.
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Giant pandas might prefer bamboo to laptops, but wireless technology is helping researchers in China in their efforts to protect the endangered animals in the Wolong Nature Reserve.
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MOROGORO, Tanzania  - Tom sits patiently in a cage  while Jerry, tethered by a harness, scuttles around sniffing  and scratching the earth.
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By Kitty Melrose  Samboja Eco Lodge Borneo   Samboja opened last year as part of a conservation project operated by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.
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JAKARTA/BANGKOK (DPA): Thailand, under growing pressure to repatriate some 100 orangutans allegedly smuggled into the country from Indonesia, plans to shift the apes from a private zoo to a safe centre, probably in Chiang Mai, a minister said on Thursday.
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AMSTERDAM -- Dozens of chimpanzees from a Dutch laboratory face a housing crisis after plans for their early retirement on the Spanish coast collapsed because of residents' fears they would carry infectious diseases.
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Paris - Wolves, lions, cheetahs and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, New Scientist says.
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Unique and endangered wildlife living on spectacular limestone outcrops in Southeast Asia face the threat of extinction due to mining and other human impacts, according to a new study.
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Less violence and more generous donations appear to be helping efforts to save the silverback gorillas of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Thanks to a ceasefire engineered late last month between the government and the forces of dissident Army Gen.
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A project supported by the United States is working to protect Afghanistanâs wildlife and develop its first official system of protected lands.