At least 81 dolphins have been found dead or died shortly after being discovered on Cape Cod in a series of largely unexplained strandings that began early last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
At least 20 dolphins have died after washing up near several Cape Cod towns, an International Fund for Animal Welfare spokeswoman said Monday.
When a cheetah went walkabout in Sharjah earlier this month it caused widespread panic, reportedly surprising worshippers at a mosque before it was "arrested" and placed in an animal sanctuary.
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A wayward manatee is headed south after being pulled from frigid waters off Cape Cod.
Penguins rehabilitated with the help of the International Fund for Animal Welfare are released back into the sea.
Flying penguins are unusual. Especially when they fly on a C-130 Hercules military plane.
More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home
Efforts to protect endangered African elephants from the threat of extinction are being undermined by a burgeoning ivory smuggling network run by Asian crime gangs and by a "rampant trade" in illegal ivory on auction Web sites such as eBay, according to two new reports.
Thousands of live animals and wildlife products are being traded illegally every week on the Internet, according to a study by an animal protection group.
Canada is once again at the center of an environmental row as it begins the largest seal hunt in more than half a century.
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