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Arctic mammal had won the hearts of residents and caused the town’s fireworks display to be cancelled

The climate group, which uses radical protesting tactics such as blockading traffic and spray painting buildings, said “very little has changed – emissions continue to rise and our planet is dying at an accelerated rate"

Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length

When the state’s wildlife department flung the first handful of lettuce to a starving manatee in the Indian River a year ago, it was an act of desperation driven by a catastrophic die-off and violating an environmental golden rule that animal behavior should not be messed with that way.

A Southern California photographer has captured extraordinary footage revealing how transient orcas stun their prey before participating in a group feast.

Pyrotechnics send animals’ heart rates soaring, triggering a panic response and a desire to flee, says Prof Claudia Wascher

The unlawful killing and trafficking of animals and plants, together with the climate issue, is one of the biggest dangers to wildlife biodiversity. Read on for details:

In a "globally significant moment" which gives a near-extinct species a second lease at survival, 10 eastern quolls have been released into a NSW nature reserve.

Snowbirds are a common sight in Southern California in wintertime — except when they’re actually a bird