The first giant panda to be born in Japan in 24 years has died just one week after generating huge excitement in the country as locals celebrated the rare birth.
Five exotic animals once owned by a Zanesville, Ohio, man who let loose dozens of animals last year before committing suicide will be returned to the man's widow Friday, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said.
The widow of a man who set free 56 exotic animals he owned before apparently committing suicide will get back the five animals that survived, Ohio agriculture officials said Monday.
The Columbus Zoo opposes the return of exotic animals to a woman whose husband released them and then committed suicide.
Rocker and avid hunter Ted Nugent has agreed to pay a fine, serve probation and record a public service announcement as part of a deal to plead guilty to transporting an illegally killed black bear in Alaska, according to court documents.
What's white and black, and has people fawning all over? Meet Siku, a polar bear cub born in captivity in Denmark.
Critics say thousands of bears are tortured across Asia so their bile can be used as traditional medicine.
As a hangover "cure," they don't come more brutally disturbing than bear bile.
The widow of a man who set free 56 exotic animals he owned before apparently committing suicide will not get back the six that survived any time soon, a spokesman for the governor of Ohio said Thursday.
Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to police about their decision to "shoot to kill" 48 exotic animals that got lose in Ohio.
Ohio's governor on Friday signed an executive order covering ownership of dangerous wild animals, which will strengthen enforcement of existing laws, and said he will push for tighter regulations through legislation.
It's possible no more exotic animals are on the loose after deputies killed 49 lions, tigers and other wild animals freed from a local farm by its suicidal owner, an Ohio sheriff told reporters Thursday.
The six remaining wild animals that weren't killed after being set free from an Ohio preserve are now at the Columbus Zoo.
A Pennsylvania couple is attacked by a black bear that entered their home. WHTM reports.
A black bear early Monday chased a family dog into its central Pennsylvania home, where it attacked a husband and wife inside, according to the state game commission and one of the victims.
A grizzly bear attacked and killed a hunter Friday in a remote part of northwestern Montana before being gunned down itself, authorities said.
The basketball star took a back seat to the young cub at Chengdu's Panda Reserve
A lone hiker, attacked by a grizzly bear in Montana's Glacier National Park, kept hiking the trail until he found help, the National Park Service said.
Two young campers were injured early Wednesday when they were attacked by a black bear at Stokes State Forest in northwestern New Jersey.
A brown bear and her cub mauled a group of teenage boys deep in the Alaskan wilderness, forcing rescuers to scramble early Sunday to help the injured.
Two victims suffer critical injuries after a grizzly bear and cub mauled four teens hiking in Alaska.
Wildlife officials in Colorado say they have killed a bear believed to have been involved in an attack on a teenage boy Friday morning.
While reporting on a grizzly attack, CNN's Patrick Oppmann witnesses another incident with a bear.
Having spent an hour walking the trails in Yellowstone National Park, Erin Prophet suddenly heard the words that every hiker dreads.
Neighbors of Brian Matayoshi react to his death after he was attacked by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.
The grizzly bear that attacked and killed a man in Yellowstone National Park acted in defense, park officials said on Thursday, adding that they have no plans to kill the bear.
A man was killed by a grizzly bear Wednesday morning at Yellowstone National Park, according to the National Park Service.
The West's top national monuments: Build a great vacation around a spectacular island, forest, cliff dwelling, canyon, fossil bed, tower or volcano.
She ate her favorite food all day long and rarely exercised. She had a few brief failed relationships but mostly stayed single and never gave birth.
Sen. Patty Murray claims victory in Washington state, giving the Democrats one more seat in the Senate.
Call it the "mixed bag" year for women in the midterm elections.
A giant panda cub -- the only one this year in the United States -- was born early Wednesday at Zoo Atlanta, the zoo said in a statement.
Lun Lun the giant panda gave birth to the first cub to be born in a U.S. this year at Zoo Atlanta.
Zoo Atlanta is soon expecting the first panda birth in U.S. this year. Lun Lun could give birth in 10 days to two weeks.
Giant panda Lun Lun is pregnant, and officials at the Atlanta, Georgia, zoo say they are thrilled.
Palin relates to a mama bear "laying down her life for her kids"
Seven years after the sidelining of Colonel Reb, the goateed planter who conjured images of the Old South, the University of Mississippi has a new mascot to do antics for children, visit the sick in hospitals and, yes, cheer on the Red and Blue at fall football games.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- They came early. Earlier than they'd ever come for a baseball game. On a hot Saturday afternoon, they lined up behind the tall steel gates an hour before they would open. They squeezed into the ballpark wearing the blue and red T-shirts and holding white towels and brooms with deer antlers tied to them. The Rangers faithful came for a baseball game, yes, but they also came for a party.
A grizzly bear was euthanized Friday after a DNA test determined that it mauled three campers -- one of them fatally -- in a remote area of Montana, an attack that has perplexed wildlife experts.
A full-grown black bear found its way inside of 17-year-old Ben Story's car and took off. Affiliate KUSA reports.
Authorities shot and killed a grizzly bear that mauled a 70-year-old man near Yellowstone National Park, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department spokesman said Saturday.
A bicyclist riding to work in Anchorage, Alaska, was attacked by a brown bear Tuesday, police said.
After years of living in the public eye, with hundreds of thousands of adoring fans, the sponsorship deals, the million-dollar home, the dozens of staff to serve his every need -- suddenly, Tai Shan, a U.S.-born panda, is finding himself in a much quieter life.
Washington's favorite panda has a new home in China, and his handlers say he's happy. CNN's John Vause reports.
Two of the world's most famous pandas received a celebrity's welcome in China Friday after being shipped from the U.S. aboard the aptly named FedEx Panda Express.
CNN's Emily Chang reports on the arrival of two pandas in China, both born in the U.S.
It feels like it went by in the blink of an eye. Tai Shan, the giant panda cub so many people have come to know and love, is about to board a flight to China.
Tai Shan gets a snowy sendoff at the National Zoo in Washington before being sent to China.
The furry side of U.S.-Chinese diplomacy.
Two beloved giant pandas left the United States for their new homes in China on Thursday.
Self-help guru James Ray was arrested after a grand jury indicted him on three counts of manslaughter.
James Ray: The self-help guru appeared in court Thursday to face manslaughter charges in the deaths of three participants at an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he organized last year.
The famed polar bear has his first encounter with another bear - a female named Gianna
A 21-year-old man jumps in to an enclosed area with two grizzlies at the San Francisco Zoo. KGO's Cecilia Vega reports.
A man snuck into the grizzly bear exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo Saturday but was rescued immediately afterward without incident, authorities said.
CNN's John Zarrella reports hunting bears with research scientists is literally a sweet deal for the bears.
At the heart of Florida researchers' high-tech efforts to protect black bears is a rather low-tech tool: day-old doughnuts.
A giant panda at the San Diego Zoo gave birth to a cub the size of a stick of butter on Wednesday, her fifth cub born in the zoo since 1999.
The earthquake in Sichuan, southwestern China, last May left around 69,000 people dead and 15 million people displaced. Now ecologists have assessed the earthquake's impact on biodiversity and the habitat for some of the last existing wild giant pandas.
A rival zoo was claiming custody of the beloved international symbol of survival
As people across China's Sichuan province continue to rebuild their lives one year after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake leveled some towns and cities, the region's famed giant pandas are still struggling due to the devastation wreaked by the deadly temblor.
CNN's Naamua Delaney interviews the directors behind the movie "Earth" following three animal families across the planet.
A polar bear falls through thin Arctic ice while searching for food for his family. A humpback whale guides her calf on a perilous 4,000-mile journey. A herd of African elephants in search of water battles a sandstorm in the Kalahari Desert.
A polar bear attacked a women at the Berlin Zoo after she climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during feeding time.
A polar bear attacked a woman at Berlin Zoo Friday afternoon after she climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during feeding time, police said Saturday.
Gu Gu is not your typical soft and cuddly giant panda.
Two pandas reach Taiwan, as Beijing practices panda diplomacy across the Taiwan Strait. CNN's Hugh Riminton reports.
Two giant pandas arrived in Taiwan Tuesday after leaving China's Sichuan province for their new home, in a sign of improving ties between the cross-strait neighbors.
A report to Congress that requests $73.2 billion to pay for infrastructure projects around the country includes plans for a polar bear exhibit, an anti-prostitution program, a water park ride, zoos, museums and aquatic centers, CNN has found.
A polar bear twin born last month at a German zoo has died less than a week after its sibling, zoo officials announced Saturday.
Concerns were growing Wednesday for a polar bear born last month at a German zoo after its twin died and was possibly eaten by its mother.
Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it's been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice.
Arctic sea ice is at the second lowest level ever. CNN's Miles O'Brien reports on its impact on wildlife and climate.
Puzzled zookeepers in northern Japan have discovered the reason why their attempts to mate two polar bears kept failing: Both are female.
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