A new study paints the picture of an extinct 2,200-pound marsupial tapir that roamed the Australian continent for the last 25 million years and was unlike any living mammal previously studied.
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The Trump administration has authorized a Florida hunter to import a lion trophy from Tanzania, a move environmental organizations say signals an opening of the floodgates to allow imports of the threatened species.
Read moreThe owner of famed French rooster Maurice emerged victorious on Thursday from a legal battle with her neighbors over his early-morning crowing, with a court upholding the bird’s right to sing in the day.
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Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the new Garlic was created by Chinese firm Sinogene, becoming the Beijing-based company’s first successfully cloned cat.
Read moreSettling down this week after months on the run, a rouge emu known as Eno is closer to being captured by authorities the bird has thus far evaded in the center of North Carolina, according to Orange County officials.
Read moreAn Indian court Wednesday acquitted six people accused of murdering a Muslim man who was attacked while transporting cows, which Hindus revere.
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The Trump administration on Monday finalized changes to eviscerate enforcement of the landmark Endangered Species Act, which is credited with helping to save animals like the American bald eagle and California condor.
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Accusing the Trump administration of violating the Endangered Species Act, environmentalists claim in court that emperor penguins could be extinct within a century if the government doesn’t act quickly to protect them.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss the Animal Welfare Institute’s claims that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service failed to deliver records on humane treatment of livestock.
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Two little blue penguins just couldn’t stay away from a New Zealand sushi store, returning to nest there even after police had captured them and escorted them back to the ocean. Wellington police described them as “waddling vagrants.”
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The alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he was no match for an expert the city shipped in from Florida.
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Oprah Winfrey surprised the Maui Humane Society with a visit to thank the organization for evacuating animals during a wildfire, a report said.
Read moreAfter a federal judge found a roadside zoo in Maryland violated the Endangered Species Act by not giving adequate care to a tiger that is now dead, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the ruling should send a clear message to other wildlife facilities that may be mistreating animals.
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For the second straight summer, mountain goats are flying in Olympic National Park.
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Ancient grains and crops may have evolved their ability to reproduce in response to humanity’s farming of them, according to research released Monday.
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Two Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a welcome addition to a small surviving population of a rare lion subspecies that has been extinct in the wild.
Read moreThe second day of bull runs at the San Fermín festival left five people injured, including one with a minor goring Monday, Spanish health officials said.
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An arctic fox walked more than 2,737 miles to go from northern Norway to Canada’s far north in four months, Norwegian researchers said.
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Wildlife organizations asked the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Tuesday to provide new protections for mountain lions in the Golden State.
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