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10 Critical Endangered-Species Battles -- Wired Science In theory, decisions about flora and fauna habitat are purely scientific. In practic...

Killer whale. Scientists report finding strong genetic evidence supporting the theory there are several species of killer whales (Orcinus or...

Large gorgonian observed at 650 m off the North Coast of Moloka i, dubbed "Cousin It." (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Ha...

From Times Online: Gorillas in Central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters killing great apes for meat, says ...

Rangers observe a mountain gorilla in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park. Photograph by Brent Stirton, Nationa...

Egg laid by great elephant bird of Madagascar compared to a hen's egg Photo: JANE MINGAY From The Telegraph: Towering 10 feet into the...

Adrift: The polar bear cub snuggles against its mother as they drift 12 miles from land From The Daily Mail: A forlorn polar bear cub is com...

An Udzungwa red colobus monkey. (Credit: Andrew Marshall / University of York) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Feb. 27, 2010) — Monkey po...

From Live Science: News of a trainer being killed by a killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando today doesn't change the fact that these giants,...

This is a grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos), photographed in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada, on August 9, 2008. (Credit: Linda Gormezano) ...

From The Daily Mail: Half the world's species of monkey, gorilla and chimpanzee could soon disappear, experts have warned. The destructi...

From The BBC: The tiger may be more ancient and distinct than we thought. Tigers are less closely related to lions, leopards and jaguars tha...

The adult male chimpanzee Freddy carries his adopted son Victor on his back. Credit: Tobias Deschner, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

Male cleaner fish will punish females when the females misbehave at mealtime, a new study finds. Here, the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus...

From New Scientist: Coral reefs have generated more new kinds of animal than all other marine habitats put together. So concludes an analysi...

From The BBC: Britain's wildlife is being pushed to "the brink of a crisis" as sub-zero temperatures continue to grip the nati...

Polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting, breeding and denning. The bears wait for seals to pop up through breathing holes in the ice, but ...

Forming a new species? The 'type 2' dolphin hunting killer whales. From The BBC: Scientists have revealed that there is not one but ...

An analysis of over 500 animal species shows that the sounds they make are pretty similar. Credit: Stockxpert From Live Science: Mother Natu...