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• Climate change helps spread deadly diseases
BARCELONA, Spain - A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. The society, based in the Bronx Zoo in the United States and ...
• Ike leaves debris on miles of Texas beaches
But it's no joke to wildlife workers who are worried the trash will harm birds and other animals, including an endangered turtle that nests here in the spring. "It could have a huge impact," said Larry Turk, maintenance chief for Padre Island. The ...
• Grrr! Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for birthday
The tiger weighs only about 20 pounds and sleeps in a wicker basket at Putin's residence outside Moscow. Putin says a good home will be found for the tiger, presumably in a zoo or wildlife preserve. He hasn't decided what to call her, but is leaning ...
• South Africa will sell ivory to Japan, China
South African wildlife experts visited the two nations in September and said they were satisfied that both countries would meet the stringent conditions set by the convention and would not reexport ivory to supply the black market. In a statement ...
• Man Wrecks After 'Dead' Fox Revives
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A man who hit a red fox on a country road near Dover thought he would take the dead animal home, to cut off its tail as a souvenir. But Tommy Fox got quite a surprise Wednesday. Fox told the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ...