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Brown pelicans suffering from domoic acid toxicity — a harmful neurotoxin that affects their brain and nervous system — have inundated a Huntington Beach wildlife facility. The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center is currently caring for more than 650 [...]

New York’s volunteer duck banders were ‘pioneers’ for waterfowl conservation --- Many outdoor enthusiasts are familiar with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) metal leg bands that are placed on many species of birds to collect data about their lives. Ducks [...]

The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago. Growing up to 23ft (seven metres) long and weighing up to half [...]

A rare Rembrandt drawing could soon break auction records—and it’s all for a good cause. According to The Art Newspaper, billionaire art collector Thomas Kaplan plans to sell Young Lion Resting (1638–42) to raise funds for wildlife Conservation. The [...]

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is reminding pet owners to stay current on vaccinations after a spike in wildlife rabies cases statewide. Why it matters: Rabies is a fatal disease that is transmitted from animals to humans. It [...]

Police have arrested two people suspected of breeding and selling exotic cats in Spain. Officers detained the pair at a property in Manacor, on the island of Majorca, after finding 19 exotic cats including a desert lynx and two [...]

A man shot and killed a grizzly bear in Montana after the animal charged at him at close range, wildlife officials said Monday. The man was shed hunting — or searching for antlers naturally shed by deer, elk and [...]

Tourists and researchers on a whale-watching boat off the coast of Western Australia got a little more action than they bargained for when they witnessed a pygmy blue whale being hunted and eventually predated upon by a huge pod [...]

Nairobi, Kenya — Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser [...]