Wildlife & Animal Welfare

Miami is being invaded again, and we''re not talking about snowbirds -- though this problem moves just as slowly. More than 33,000 giant African land snails have been captured since the invasive species...

Ten Hollywood stars fired off a letter to the CEO of McDonald’s asking the company to establish a 100 percent cage-free purchasing policy for their egg suppliers. As the largest egg buyer in the U.S., the...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A psychedelic gecko and a monkey with an "Elvis" hairdo are among 208 new species described last year by scientists in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, a conserva...

  By Alicia Graef In 2007, horse slaughter came to an end in the U.S. when the last slaughterhouses that processed horse meat were shut down, but a recent change in the law could open the doors to this pra...

    By Judy Molland Badger culling will be tried out in two areas of England early next year in an attempt to tackle bovine tuberculosis in cattle. ...

    By Kristina Chew   Life under the sea is wetter but it’s not exactly getting any better for marine animals and especially for cetaceans, large aquatic mammals like whales and dolphins.&...

Working security at a preserve for big cats might seem like a pretty easy job, considering how well-equipped the animals are in fending for themselves. But for one guard at a tiger sanctuary in India, it wasn’t...

Pop star Janet Jackson has detailed her favorite vegan foods to Jay Leno and is noted as a “vegetarian celebrity” by the Animal Liberation Front. But now she is losing fans — including a Michigan man, Sean Olte...

A ride through Central Park in a horse-drawn carriage is one of New York City’s most storied attractions, the rhythmic clip-clop offering a respite from the hustle of everyday life. (more…)...

Ribs stand out on the sides of the horses, donkeys and mules falling victim to unrelenting drought in Texas. Once grassy fields are bare earth. When hay can be found, the price is double or triple last year’s t...