Animals 8

Koala catchers, beer tasters and shark taggers wanted by Australia

In a tight spot: top 10 animal rescues

Elephants fear humans more than dynamite

Extremely Rare North African Cheetah Cubs

He is Here

Red squirrel does Saturday Nut Fever

Micro pig farm gets ad ban for pet that's not so wee wee wee

Grizzly bear in maulings near Yellowstone was in poor condition, had parasites

Five Species Likely to Become Extinct in the Next 40 Years

Kestrel makes a plucky recovery after being knocked out cold by a golf ball

Pig reappears in Cove

The week in wildlife

Meet Trifle, the hedgehog with three broken legs

Lord of the Rings: sheep take over The Shire on New Zealand film set

The bear with a sore head: Cub saved 10 days after getting stuck in plastic bottle

Meet Britain's first wild-born beaver in 400 years: But at only eight weeks old, will it be brave enough to go for a swim?

Barcelona using catapults to capture pigeons

Probe After Zoo Keeper Creates Liger Cubs

Woolly mammoth killed off by climate change

Domestic cats brought in to save the ‘Highland tiger’

Reserve owner’s plan to inject rhino’s horns with poison

Masvingo farmer shocked as cow gives birth to a pig

African elephants photographed from below

My Penguin Chicken

The baby panda factory: Inside the extraordinary breeding centre where China is mass-producing infant pandas

40 Birds With Headaches

The 5 Most Insane Improvised Weapons (That Were Animals)

The Mane Event: Quiet drink at watering hole turns to violence in African park

The moment that a polar bear cub slipped into the icy sea during his hunting lesson

22 Animals Adorably Stealing Food

Tender-hearted sheep farmer Cui Jinxiu has saved this extraordinary lamb from the chop after he was born with just two legs

Knut Relieved at Departure of Italian Girlfriend

Donkey gets Tsar treatment

Ethiopia hyenas: Not biting the hand that feeds them

'Lemurs are a bit like Hollywood stars: beautiful, but a bit stupid'

What a waste of OUR money! Now police spend their time launching probe into ... noisy FROGS

Radioactive Boar on the Rise in Germany

Ancient DNA Identifies Donkey Ancestors, People Who Domesticated Them

Camper in the US kept cool as grizzly bear chewed her arm during fatal attack in Montana

Parrot scares off burglars with piercing screech

Real Bear Rescues Stuffed Bear From Humans

Catalonia bans bullfighting

Lucky escape for grizzly bear who comes face-to-face with Sarah Palin

Mouse-trapped! The greedy rodent that bit off more than it could chew

Fox prime suspect in mystery of judge’s chewed shoe

Rare albino raccoon captured in West Knox

Photographer Scott Linstead uses fast shutter speeds and special flash gear to capture these incredible images of wildlife mid-flight, or as they capture their prey

What's Killing the Animals at Ukraine's Biggest Zoo?

Rare hairy-nosed otter captured on camera in Borneo

Camouflage Photography in the Animal World: 50 Astonishing Photos

The Sand Dollar – the Animal that Can Clone Itself

20 Animal Pictures That Will Make You Smile

Clouded Leopard Cubs Introduced to Public at Paris Zoo

Hundreds of dead penguins wash ashore in Brazil

59% Decrease in Population of Large African Animals

Top 10 Longest Living Animals

Incredible Underwater Encounters with the Arctic Polar Bear

Top 10 new species of 2009 named

Falling goat hits hiker off mountain in 50ft fall

Animal pictures of the week: 23 July 2010

7 Terrifying Prehistoric Creatures (That Are Still Around)

Bear Breaks Into Car, Goes On Joy Ride

Pet tiger escapes in South Africa on trip to vet

Chinese zoo accidentally gasses giant panda to death

Deer Magnet: Iowa teen driver hits 5 deer in one year

Kangaroos found in van

Killing squirrel costs man £1,500

AA called to free pet raccoon from cars dashboard

'Duck Man' catches five ducklings before they crash to earth

5 Reasons Bears Are Badass Killing Machines

10 Feral Human Children Raised by Animals

Thousands of Endangered Animals Rescued From Blackmarket Zoo

11 Fantastic Celebrity Animal Phobias

6 Amazing Pets

World War II Museum features animals of war

Ambitious bird with eyes too big for its belly falls over trying to swallow enormous fish in one gulp

New Species of Frogs Disappearing as Fast as They’re Found

Police hunt cruel Russian donkey owner who attached it to parachute for sick advertising stunt

Caught on camera for the first time: The furry slender loris that is so rare scientists thought it was extinct

The amazing pictures of friendly robin happy to perch on an outstretched palm

Cuckoos are disappearing fast. How many more ecological warnings do we need?

Roaming panther caught on film in Palermo

Spectacular black and white portraits show the beauty and power of Kalahari wildlife

100 tigers, 2,000 one-horned rhinos, 1,800 wild buffalo … Kaziranga National Park is India's Grassland Kingdom

Polar bear's big ship adventure

Birds of prey employed to tackle seagulls

Lottie the tortoise had the right idea: we all need to take it easy

The Telegraph - Animal pictures of the week: 6 August 2010

Review of Toledo Zoo incident in which elephant attacked keeper finds that keeper broke rules

Cat-like crocodile roamed earth with the dinosaurs

Leucistic starling in East End of London

Falklands wolf mystery

Genetic modification: glow-in-the-dark lifesavers or mutant freaks?

The REAL teddy bears' picnic: Fish supper for 20 as grizzlies gather for annual salmon-feasting frenzy

Orphaned baby otter rescued and nursed back to health

Rare Bechsteins’s bats found in Worcestershire woodlands

Rhino rescue: calf reunited with mother

Marsupials not from Down Under after all

Police find python guarding stash of cocaine

'He's a bit of all-white': Jackie the albino jackdaw has twitchers all a-flutter

The Sun backed the wrong Russian donkey, owner claims

Myanmar junta celebrates rare white elephant

To the circus: conservationists warn of elephant exodus from Laos

History, Horses and the Luck of the Irish

The fox cub caught lounging around on swimming pool lilo

Bear in high-wire motorbike stunt and example of China's animal cruelty

Montana Black Bear Goes on Burglary Spree Hunting for Frozen Pizza

One day, son, you'll be the lion king: Father and newborn son look over their terrain at spot that inspired Disney movie

Oh, Deer! Utah Uses Strobes to Fight Jaywalking Bambis

Oh nuts! Woodpecker loses out in pecking order after cheeky squirrel steals his home

Malaysia wildlife park under fire over Tiger video

Garden birds prefer non-organic food to organic, study finds

Horses gave first aid to pal

CBS planning 'Ministry of Animals' special

China announces plans to train captive giant pandas for life in the wild

Meerkats, chimps and pandas: the cute and the furry attract scientists' attention and conservation funding

New Montauk Monster sighting? Bizarre creature washes up in small Ontario town

After half-century absence, Black Rhinos fly home to Serengeti

Lock up your tortoises – and watch them with CCTV

Your morning adorable: Triplet lion cubs show off for the public at Hungarian wildlife park

Blue tits make home in ashtray

Pecking order: Jackal is nipped on the nose after trying to snatch hungry vulture's scrap of meat

Living with Swallows

Worrying Trade In Meerkats As Pets, Sold For Up To £1,500

Online fans help Vermont's 'Pete the Moose' cheat death

Guido Sterkendries: photographer observes wildlife from the canopy of rainforests in Panama and Brazil

Animal pictures of the week: 21 May 2010

Heron catches rabbit: Dramatic photos

Lions get new home in Yorkshire

100 Animals in One Small Apartment

Carriage driver injured as shire horse gallops through York streets

Farmers vs. Lions: A Battle to the Death in Kenya

10 Amazingly Smart & Productive Animals Humans Can Learn From

Crows caught taking a crafty cigarette break on holiday island

Top 10 new species discovered in 2009 [Pics]

Photos of a…Baby Hippo, Kangaroo, Panda, Bear, Otter, Hedgehog and Aardvark

You Will Never See A More Disgusting Goring Than This!

Human-Like: 5 Animal Behaviors That Parallel People

Disturbing Images of Genetic Mutations in Animals

Birds' Housing Boost In Italian Town

Migrating Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop

Elephant picture explains mystery of 'leaking jacuzzi'

In pictures: A frog with a Pinocchio-like nose is among the new species discovered in Indonesia

Lions, tigers and bears: British photographer Jonathan Griffiths' close encounters of the furry kind

Mystery rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote

The antelope with his own web-site (and a spider who is very much at home)

'Lough Ness Monster' devours ducks at popular lake

How Animals Suck: 9 Creatures That Slurp Creatively

Poacher Attacked by Hippos, Devoured by Lions

The truth behind the hyena's distinctive high-pitched laugh

Could toads be used to warn humans of impending natural disasters?

Elephants' legs propel them around just like a 4x4, study finds

Amazon Tells Customer Missing Part Was Eaten by Alligator

Crack Kills

Human fascination with animals

House Evacuated for Eight Weeks after Pet Cobra Vanishes

How the little piggy who couldn't walk was saved from the chop

Now THAT'S what I call a bear hug! Mother takes her fluffy polar cubs outdoors for the very first time

Woman spends £50,000 on sick parrot which finally loses fight for life

Baby giraffe caught on camera: Astonishing safari photographs show the first moments of a new calf's life in Kenya's Masai Mara

Beavers: The Engineers of the Forest

Infographic: Top 20 countries with most endangered species

Phony wildlife photography in magazines, books, calendars, and posters is giving people a warped view of nature

Wild 'boxing kangaroo knocks Australian jogger unconscious after assault'

Rat man banned from taking live animals on trains

Tracking down the elusive Knysna elephants

John Thorbjarnarson, saviour of crocodiles, died on February 14th, aged 52

Animal pictures of the week: 2 April 2010

30 Beautiful Examples of Animal Photography

Squirrels around the globe like nothing better than to sit on a windowsill and go, “Nyah Nyah Nyah” to the cats inside

18 Demoralized Animals Wearing Easter Bunny Ears (Pics)

10 More Little Known Prehistoric Monsters

Top 10 Deadly Attacks From Exotic Pets

10 Amazing Blue Animals

5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill

Pakistani doctor suspended for putting cow in ambulance

South African woman spends two weeks in white lions' den

Ewok alert! Buba the fluffy bear cub plays peekaboo in Switzerland

Giant fruit-eating lizard species that lives in trees discovered in Philippines

15 Animals On Computers

The animals went in one by one... auction room serves up a veritable zoo

Man-mauling wombat felled by axe

'Oriental yeti' discovered in China

World's biggest rabbit is 4ft 3in and weighs more than boy of five

World's smallest sheep gives birth to tiny lamb

Cottontail rabbits mysteriously missing from New York's Central Park

Runaway Bunnies Plague a Campus in Long Beach

Ferret ownership more popular in south than north, study shows

Edible dormouse listed among Britain's great wildlife threats

Osprey travels 10,000 miles to roost

Meet the Genetically Engineered Pig With Earth-Friendly Poop

1/4 of Rocky Gray Wolves Killed in First Hunting Season in Decades

Woman Attacked by Goats, Film at 11

'Extinct' Frog Species Found Again After 30 Years

5 People That Have Been Eaten By Animals

The Handiest Creatures in the Animal Kingdom

It's Twins! Mama Elephant Gives Birth To First Known Male Twins in Thailand

China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard

Kenya throws zebras to the lions

Squirrels go nuts for a snack. Great pic.

Role Reversal: 5 Strange Tales of Animal Male Pregnancies

Squirrel Armor

Bird causes traffic chaos in London after resisting multiple rescue attempts

Let’s keep our paws off Knut’s balls

Rare Black Penguin

Just outstanding: 'miracle' baby elephant takes first steps

Woman bitten by bear at Wis. zoo, fingers severed

Playful Bengal and Siberian tigers leap into swimming pool in games of chase with zoo keepers

Bomb-Sniffing Rats Save Lives in Africa

Our killer croc now a southern wimp

When Man's Best Friend Is Deadly: 8 Dangerous Pets

Moment the owl with radar-dish face hears tiny vole scampering in the snow

Hen that thinks it's a dog adopts litter of puppies

Malaya tapir introduced by San Diego Zoo (photo)

Mountain lion traps family inside home, kills dog

7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals

Pregnant wife pulls ranger husband from crocodile's jaws

Siberian tigers die in Chinese zoo

Bad-ass cow terrorizes community, kicks the crap out of police car

'Miracle' Elephant Baby Beats the Odds

Pictures: 7 Cat Species Found in 1 Forest—A Record

Top 10 Cases of Animals Saving Humans

10 Weird Miniature Versions of Normal Animals

Strangest And Rarest Animals In World

Amazing moment bald eagle chases down and catches a starling in mid-air

Storm blows albatross into suburban yard

Taronga's new elephant meets the family

Swifts could be running out of places to nest because of 'eco-upgrades'

Bald, pink (and ugly) newborn baby aardvark makes it five at one UK zoo

Window glass: Silent bird killer?

Zebra puts head into hippo's mouth... but escapes unhurt after cleaning predator's teeth

Just outstanding: 'miracle' baby elephant takes first steps

Our paradise lost: Revealed, the 492 native species driven to extinction

BearDen home page

The Eagle's Nest

Stranded horse rescued by helicopter in Arizona

Surfer trains alpaca to ride the waves in Peru

$34 Million Later, PETA Saves Eight Animals?

Environmental group calls for protected habitat to be set aside for jaguars in the American Southwest

China zoo closed amid allegations it harvested tiger parts

When animals attack sports

Saving China's tigers: too little, too late?

Wide-eyed with wonder, 'Baby' the elephant takes her first look at the world

Future of the tiger is not burning bright

The Only Immortal Animal on Earth

Animal pictures of the week

10 Pictures Of The Worlds Weirdest Looking Animals

Photos - Most-Wanted Animals

"Drunk" Bats Fly Right--Discovery Surprises Scientists

Top 10 Bizarre Prehistoric Animals

Andrew Zuckerman: Bird Photography

Jaguar cub gives his mother playful bite during first public appearance

Bald eagle Cyrano has shattered beak repaired using a human filling

No winners in death match

Your morning adorable: Black rhinoceros calf born at Germany's Berlin Zoo

Tiger Farms in China Feed Thirst for Parts

BBC News - Do speedy elephants walk or run?

Toads anticipate the timing and impact of their landings

Croc's whiter shade of pale has boaties looking twice

Suppose a duck's out of the question?

Animals cope with climate change at the dinner table: Birds, foxes and small mammals adapt their diets to global warming

How Sleepy Are Sloths and Other Lessons Learned

Pictured: Plucky vole does battle with a coyote and lives to tell the tale | Mail Online

February fisticuffs? 'Mad March hares' start the boxing matches a month early

Eagle Cam

Urban Bird Sounds Project

Close encounters with Japan's 'living fossil'

Locals run for cover as crazed bird terrorises village

Lesbian albatrosses to raise their chick

Dead animals help living animals: Donated fur coats, hats and trim make cozy nests for rescued wildlife

A WATER buffalo, living up to its name, has left a Darwin man gobsmacked when he found the wild beast doing laps in his backyard spa pool.

Saving Tiny Toads Without a Home

American panda to get Chinese lessons

Afternoon feed soars in popularity as 75 Red Kites turn up for dinner

Now we know why pandas went veggie

First ever British rabbit jumping competition

Oscar the cat predicts patients' time to die

Dog Lover Is Mauled To Death By His Pets

10,000 Indian zoo visitors flee after tigers escape

My furry client bleats not guilty

Beer and massage for Powys farmer's rare Wagyu cattle

The snake who's hooked on cigarettes

Paleontologists find evidence of birds' dinosaur ancestors

Top 10 Bizarre Prehistoric Animals

These guys have a very good reason to be running (6 Photos)

Animal Apocalypse -- When creatures wield weapons

Baby animal pictures

Shocking moment LIVE cow is fed to five hungry tigers in front of tourists

Sixteen panda cubs pose for a class shot on their first day at nursery

Pound for pound, bats can drink you under the table

7 Terrific Toad Survival Tactics

Battle of the elephants: Giant warriors re-enact ancient fight in Thailand

Pebbles aims for a place in the hamster record books

Animals in the snow

Photos of Strange and Unusual Animals

8 Ways to Prepare Your Pets for War - The Oatmeal

Pictured: Camouflaged gecko poses as a tree branch

Trainer tames her tiger by delivering a playful nip on the nose

Fox attacks vulture in Bulgaria

Killer feral pigs now outnumber humans in Australia

A $2.55 elephant encounter in Thailand

Our bird brain is nothing to crow about

Book remembers Oolong, the stuff-balancing rabbit web celebrity

BBC News - Close encounters with Japan's 'living fossil'

Young leopard gets a prickly reception as it tries to eat a porcupine | Mail Online

Brookfield Zoo goes elephant hunting

Wild sloth killed by small spectacled owl in Panama

Cheetahs swim for freedom

'Zen' bats hit their target by not aiming at it

£740-a-bird cull of ruddy ducks 'a waste of money'

The noughties: a decade of lost species

The four faces of the Bengal tiger (18 pictures)

Extinct In Our Lifetime — 11 Species We've Lost Forever

Which Side Are You On? Birds Need Tutoring to Find Out

Australian study uses cat food in war on cane toad

Squirrel banned from riding rollercoaster

I caught a lizard... WITH WINGS!

Cute Animals

Injured eagle soars free

Amy, the world's biggest rabbit, dies of stage fright

A life in the trees is a longer one

Group gets up close and personal with playful meerkats

Why Ladies-Only Species Don’t Need Men

Trekking With Wolves

The owls with a heavenly place to roost

How elephants communicate using a 'secret language'

End of road for Territory's great white

Photographer captures a hoof's-eye view of the moment a lioness attacks a herd of zebra

WWF launches year of the tiger to safeguard endangered species (20 pictures)

Magnum takes a look at the educational value of taxidermy as well as some of its less lauded uses in sport

Dark secret of the farm where tigers' bodies are plundered to make £185 wine

Cheeky meerkat gets in trouble with a prim giraffe

Monkeys, butterflies, turtles… how the pet trade's greed is emptying south-east Asia's forests

African safaris: Bleak news from the bush

Spring melodies from the tiny 5p bird

Zebra's Escape from the Circus Caught on Tape

Asia's greed for ivory puts African elephant at risk

Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe

Black Swan – The Theory and The Feathered Friend

A man's gotta eat. But so does a beast. Magnum presents images of animals, tame and wild, digging in around the world

Meet Lucy The Elephant

Discovery of rare Siberian tiger raises survival hopes

Your morning adorable: Triplet lion cubs make their debut at Israeli zoo

Photographer captures amazing images of lions after submerging himself in watering hole for three months

Pictured: Lily, the rare three-week old white lion cub cuddles up to a new friend

15 Guinea Pig Pictures

Animals Vs. Humans [infographic]

Bears, lynx, wolves and elk considered for reintroduction into British countryside

Grizzly Bears Moving Into Canada's Polar Bear Capital

Cows make lousy house guests, Arkansas woman learns

7 Coolest Animal Cross-breeds

Three hens and cockerel named Dude peck fox to death after it breaks into coop

The creature comforts of the ROM's new Bat Cave

Polar bears, grizzlies could soon compete for territory

Chinese authorities block reporting of wild Siberian tiger's death

What’s your camel’s talent?

J.D. Coyote - The thrall of the wild, in Central Park

Giant egg laid by Ipswich hen