Thai authorities say they have detained a monk attempting to smuggle tiger skins and fangs from a Buddhist temple.

In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.

A Florida man is filmed taking photos with a shark after dragging it out of the ocean, where it washed ashore.

Watch Kevin Richardson in an amazing documentary first broadcasted by SKY TV about his animal conservationism, mainly lions and his acceptance into their pride.

A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions is discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia.

Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.

Pakistan's supreme court lifts a ban on the hunting of a rare bird, the Houbara bustard.

New Zealand unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.

An elephant’s heart beats only 25 times a minute. Your heart usually beats between 60 to 80 times a minute

Government announces seven sanctuaries in the country—Chunti, Pablakhali, Teknaf, Sangu, Dudhpukuria-Dhopachhari and Fashiakhali and one national park (Kaptai national park) to conserve elephants and other wild life

The main reason for declining elephant population is destruction of elephants habitat and food resources by humans.

At around 300 BC, when Alexander the great came to conquer Bengal—then known as Ganga Rashtra, meaning Nation on the River Ganges, alias Gangaridai—he abandoned the idea of going further considering the military strength of the then ruler.

The world's last surviving male northern white rhino - stripped of his horn for his own safety - is now under 24-hour armed guard in a desperate final bid to save the species,