Zoo officials on May 29 shot dead a gorilla after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati.

Forty tiger cub bodies are found in freezer at a Thai Buddhist temple accused of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse.

Wildlife authorities in Thailand begin removing tigers from a Buddhist temple, after accusations of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse.

In one of the first examples of compassionate care and grief in a wild monkey, an alpha male of a group of snub-nosed monkeys and his dying partner spent a final, tender hour together before she passed away.

Florida wildlife experts express concern about three man-eating Nile crocodiles found in local swamps, amid fears more may be at large.

Conservationists have launched a global campaign asking the public to help tackle the illegal trade in wildlife.

A fire broke out in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat. This is the third incident of forest fire in Chandpai range over the last three weeks.

The forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescue 30 wild birds and two Rhesus monkeys at a bird market at Tongi in Gazipur.

The world's count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam goes up for the first time in more than a century, with 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups says.

In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.

For the first time in 40 years, a species of rhino has been seen in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of Borneo.

After about eight dives into the deep water of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument of north-west Hawaii, some thousands of samples and images of never-before-seen life and landforms have been collected.

Australia's most newly-discovered spider surfs, swims and can catch prey up to three times its own size!

The large carcass of a mysterious sea creature that washes up on a tourist beach perplex local officials and residents in Mexico. The monstrous 13-foot-long beast is discovered on Bonfil Beach, in the city of Acapulco, in the south-west Mexican state of Guerrero,

Wildlife monitoring network Traffic finds hundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia, including sun bears, gibbons, and binturongs, also known as bearcats.

A tiny Eastern pygmy marmoset, the smallest type of monkey on the planet, is born at Chester Zoo. The mini-monkey is spotted on dad Gumi’s back as it made its debut at the north-west English zoo.

A baby gorilla is "doing well" after being delivered by Caesarean section in a rare operation at Bristol Zoo.

Tens of thousands of Antarctic penguins are estimated to be unable to return to their colony after a massive iceberg grounded there, according to a newly published study.

A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, a mountainous and tropical country in the south Pacific Ocean.

The world’s oldest known wild bird, Laysan albatross, added a new chick to the family.And according to experts, this is her 40th one.