Train hits and kills 2 wild elephants in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other as two of…
Author: Animals
Cities are using sheep to graze in urban landscapes and people love it
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Along the Cumberland River just north of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, tourists on party pontoons float past the recognizable skyline, but they also can see something a little less expected: hundreds of sheep…
A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wild
By all accounts, Milagra the "miracle" California condor shouldn’t be alive today. But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of three of the giant endangered birds who got to stretch their wings…
A zoo in Finland is returning giant pandas to China because they’re too expensive to keep
HELSINKI -- A zoo in Finland has agreed with Chinese authorities to return two loaned giant pandas to China more than eight years ahead of schedule because they have become too expensive for the facility…
The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat, conservationists…