HONG KONG -- The Chinese Year of the Ox began Friday and in the shadow of Hong Kong's futuristic urban skyline, wild bovines are getting some love. Cattle and water buffalo embody hard work and ...

Twenty years after its discovery in the forested mountains of Vietnam, local authorities here have agreed to establish two new nature reserves to protect the saola, a primitive member of the Bovidae ...

HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese Year of the Ox begins Friday, and in the shadow of Hong Kong’s futuristic urban skyline, wild bovines are getting some love. Cattle and water buffalo embody hard work and ...

Captive breeding to bolster wild populations of endangered species changes the bodies, behavior and health of captive-bred animals, thereby decreasing their chances of survival after they’re released ...

When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields. Today, though, the toads ...

Bushmeat is a catchall phrase for the meat of wild animals, but it most often refers to the remains of animals killed in the forests and savannas of Africa. African people have long hunted bats, ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego say feeding wild elephants can lead to serious harm. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI Feeding wild elephants might seem kind or exciting, but a ...

Have you ever seen a dog or cat nibble grass from the lawn? Many household pets, as well as birds, bees, lizards, elephants, and chimpanzees in the wild, sometimes eat things that cure their illnesses ...