March 13, 2017 South Africa ready to greenlight plans to expand rhino horn trade Draft regulations would allow a foreigner with permits to export "for personal purposes" a maximum of two rhino horns. Critics argue that any exported horns would be hard to monitor and likely would end up on the commercial market, defying global agreements to protect threatened rhino populations.
March 9, 2017 Rhinoceros shot, killed for horn at French zoo A zoo director says a 5-year-old rhinoceros at the wildlife park he runs near Paris has been shot three times in the head by assailants who stole the animal's horn.
March 8, 2017 Blind dog lost for days in California mountains is found A blind dog that was lost in the thick woods and steep terrain of California's Santa Cruz mountains was missing for more than a week before she was found.
March 7, 2017 Mystery solved: why pandas are black and white It's a question that has bedeviled kindergartners, and now apparently PhDs have the answer: Why do giant pandas have spots?
March 6, 2017 It wasn't booze that killed the famous swimming pigs When a spate of unexplained deaths among the famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas made headlines last week, one of the wilder theories was that tourists were getting them drunk on alcohol in fatal quantities.
March 3, 2017 Scientists find dozens of new species in Gulf of Mexico after Deepwater Horizon oil spill It may have been one of the world’s largest oil spill disasters but the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have had little effect on the ecosystem as dozens of new species of animals are living in the body of water.
March 3, 2017 Strange birds: Video of turkeys creepily circling a dead cat goes viral A video of wild turkeys creepily circling a dead cat has gone viral.
March 2, 2017 Nashville Zoo welcomes clouded leopard conceived through artificial insemination A rare clouded leopard's birth at the Nashville Zoo marks a milestone that could help rebuild the mysterious Asian cat's population, officials said Thursday.
March 2, 2017 Touching video shows pregnant giraffe bonding with zookeeper An endearing video shows a pregnant giraffe and a zookeeper sharing special moments as the staffer feeds her, strokes its head and neck, and rubs its side.
