Since 2011, August 12 has been set aside as World Elephant Day, supported by numerous conservation agencies as a day to “spread awareness, share knowledge, and provide solutions for better care and management of both captive and wild elephants.”
Fishermen in Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua, Indonesia, have long believed that whale sharks bring good luck.
The annual Swan Upping began today in London, England—a five-day census counting swans and young cygnets belonging to the Queen.
Spectacular wildlife photography: the winners and runners-up from the 2017 Audubon Photography Awards competition.
Happy Mother’s Day! I thought it would be nice to share these photos of different animal moms and their baby cubs, cygnets, piglets, pups, joeys, calves, and more on this day.
In the spirit of the day, I feel obligated to share some of these adorable images of pups around the world, and through the years.
Six years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear power plant remains devoid of humans—but the boars have moved in.
A total of 2,908 dogs were entered in this year’s 141st annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, consisting of 200 different breeds or varieties.
A special Sunday event, a photographic essay celebrating a few of these magnificent raptors. Not Falcons (nor Patriots), these superb owls hail from all over the world.
Time once again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
Recently, Reuters photographer Sergei Karpukhin spent time in Russia’s far north, visiting reindeer herders as they brought their herds into the settlement of Krasnoye.
Getty Images photographer Dan Kitwood spent time last year visiting the Chimpanzee Conservation Center in the Haut Niger National Park in Guinea, West Africa.
Portraits of once-abandoned animals and the stories of the families that took them in
It’s time once again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
In Russia’s Siberian wilderness, a new gold rush is on, as local ‘tuskers’ set up illegal ivory mines, blasting away soil and permafrost to find the tusks, horns, and bones of woolly mammoths and rhinos.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, founded in 1965, is an annual international showcase of the best in nature photography.
The lack of available and affordable food in Venezuela has led to an increasing number of pets being dropped off at shelters, or simply abandoned in the streets.
Four Paws, an international animal welfare group, has just completed the removal of the surviving 15 animals from the Khan Younis Zoo—dubbed the “worst zoo in the world”—in the Gaza Strip
It’s time once more for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
Wildlife officials armed with a court order entered the temple to remove the tigers and investigate potential criminal misconduct.
In Belgium, the Reuters photographer Yves Herman recently visited Animatrans, a funeral home that claims to be the first in Belgium designed exclusively for pets.
Spectacular wildlife photography: the winners and runners-up from the 2016 Audubon Photography Awards competition.
It’s time once again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
A wild elephant wandered into the streets and alleys of Siliguri, India, on February 10, leaving behind a trail of startled residents, damaged structures, trampled cars, and smashed motorbikes.
The removal of Confederate statues in Baltimore, big waves in Brazil, the World Jousting Championships in Australia, daily exercise at a pig farm in China, and much more.
George Frey, Getty images photographer, recently had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, a sprawling top-secret military facility in the Utah desert.
India celebrated its 70th Independence Day on August 15, during a busy week across the nation.
In squares and streets across the United States, vigils and marches were held this weekend in response to the hatred and violence on display during a rally in Charlottesville on Saturday.
