Wildlife & Animal Welfare

By Eric Pfeiffer Thousands of normally solitary wolf spiders have blanketed an Australian farm after fleeing a rising flood. Reuters reports that the flooding has forced more than 8,000 Australian (human) res...

By Tiffany Hsu With $736,000, some people would buy a helicopter. Or a small Beverly Hills home. Or 150 Rolex watches. But with his six figures, Kiyoshi Kimura picked up a single frozen tuna. Specifically, a ...

February 28, 2012, is World Spay Day. Hold—or take part in—events on World Spay Day or any day in February, which is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month! World Spay Day is presented by The Humane Society of the United...

TreeLiving will be covering the A Night for the Dolphins event in honor of Richard O’Barry star of The Cove. On March 3rd, ‘A Night for the Dolphins‘ will honor O’Barry and raise funds for his Dolphin Project...

BANGKOK -- Thai authorities say they have rescued more than 750 dogs destined for cooking pots in Vietnam. Capt. Thirakiat Thongaram says a Thai navy patrol caught a gang of dog smugglers Thursday morning on t...

By TreeLiving The demand for rhinoceros horns in traditional Chinese medicine has led not only to the poaching of the endangered animals, but the theft of horns from animals in museums. Bile from bears is also...

Nigerian coastal and fishing communities were on Thursday put on alert after Shell admitted to an oil spill that is likely to be the worst in the area for a decade, according to government officials. The com...

  A species of giant tortoise believed extinct for 150 years was actually just moved from its original home and now lives on the volcanic slopes of the northern shore of Isabela Island in the Galapagos arc...

By TreeLiving Poaching refers to illegal hunting, killing or capturing of animals. In other words, it implies the killing and/or capturing of animals contrary to local and international conservation and wildli...

By TreeLiving Orangutans are one of the most unique creatures that are present on this planet. They are a part of the ape species and the only Asian genus of the great ape. Orangutans are the largest living ar...