On January 1, Massachusetts officially prohibited elephants, lions, tigers, primates, giraffes, and bears from being used in traveling circus environments. Going forward, the new law authorizes civil ...

A video showing firefighters rescuing animals, ranging from wolf pups, dogs, rabbits, to mountain lion cubs, has gone viral on social media, as visuals of wildlife rescue operations in California ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. McGill University postdoctoral fellow Logan James, an affiliated researcher with the nonprofit Earth Species ...

Understanding these nuances better helps create conservation strategies. The liberation of the circus lions in Bulgaria is not just a victory for animal welfare but also for the evolving consciousness ...

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Grief has long thought to be a human trait, but other animals – from killer whales to crows – also appear to suffer loss when a companion dies. Last week, a female killer whale was spotted off ...

Expect the return of the Zoppé Family Circus, the Tucson Jazz Festival, Dillinger Days and, by month's end, the massive gem show. Of course, things can change quickly these days. Check for the ...

The Animals started performing in the 1960s. Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, they ended up moving to London approximately four years after they began performing. As one of the premier UK-based ...

“A great example is Nosey. She was a circus elephant being pulled in a horse trailer from place to place, giving carnival rides and doing little shows here and there. She was a poster child for ...

Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish ...

Here, we explore 15 recently extinct animals, serving as a somber reminder of the delicate balance of our ecosystems. Spix’s macaw. Image by Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Famously known as the ...

New Tel Aviv University research suggests prehistoric humans in Israel didn't create cave paintings because large animals had already gone extinct there, unlike in Europe. A scene from Upper ...