Animals 9

Accidental Nature: Vultures need a change of culture

Marsupial Gallery: A Pouchful of Cute

Ghosts of persecution past and present

Elephant Makes a Stool—First Known Aha Moment for Species

First New U.S. Bird Species in Decades—Already Extinct?

Elusive Golden Cat Filmed

20 Most Colorful Lizards on Earth

6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us

Chinese Woman Stuffs Endangered Birds in Socks, Tapes Them to Body, Tries to Smuggle Them Through LAX

6 Animals That Kill Nature's Scariest Creatures For Fun

The bittern is back: One of Britain's rarest birds returns from brink of extinction to enjoy its best year on record

Pictures: Biggest Crocodile Ever Caught?

Lost penguin Happy Feet freed south of New Zealand

Pigs Consume Human Bodies

Piglets prefer suckling from stray dog rather than mother

Mutant pig 'alien' born in Guatemala after UFOs seen in the sky

Hungover Owls

86 Percent of Earth's Species Still Unknown?

Vulture-killing drug still for sale, finds survey

Eagles and small child claims 'alarmist' RSPB says

Tasmanian tiger's jaws were too weak to kill sheep

Brothers turn female marmots into 'tom boys'

Iconic platypus feels the heat

Tibet Was Cradle of Evolution for Pre-Ice Age Giants

Toothy Cuties: Rare Siamese Crocs Hatch

Zoo Animals Sensed DC Quake Minutes Before It Hit

Skinny 'Shrew' Is Oldest True Mammal

Look Quick: Gallery of the Fastest Beasts on Land

Vampire bats could save stroke victims

Threatened wildlife returns as clean-up of rivers pays off

Baby jaguar makes debut at Philadelphia Zoo

London Zoo's annual animal check-up

Birds attracted by sense of adventure

Accidental Nature: Vultures need a change of culture

Momma Alligator Rescues Baby from Heron's Beak

12 Amazing Living Animal Fossils

Heartwarming Tales of Orphaned Elephants Being Returned to the Wild

Global Camera Trap Study Takes 52,000 Candid Animal Photos

Iain Newby and family share Essex house with TV-watching emu Beaky

Cow whisperer, infrared cameras in hunt for bovine Yvonne

Male swan that fell in love with blue tractor now smitten by goose - Update

Zebra Finch Bro-mance Trumps Mating

Momma Bird's Boy Gets the Worm

Billy Goat Attacks German Tourists

Talking with Animals

Animal Photos Of The Week

Little Elephant Shows Big Brains

Look Quick: Gallery of the Fastest Beasts on Land

Iberian lynx 'not doomed' by low genetic diversity

Elephant Pictures: Killed Female Highlights Poaching Rise

Nature's record breakers

Endangered Animals: Better Looking, Better Protected?

Cane toad tadpoles cannibalise their competitors

Otterly adorable

Elephant Makes a Stool—First Known Aha Moment for Species

Species count put at 8.7 million

Newly sequenced DNA - how the kangaroo got its bounce

Cuckoos' 5,000km journey tracked by satellite

Species flee warming faster than previously thought

Giants on Ice: Gallery of Walruses

How Bats Stay on Target: Bio Sonar

Europe's farmland birds in decline

Elephant Wows Biologists With Its Clever Use of a Cube

World's Largest Rodent Shows Up in California, Spurs Viral Internet Craze (Video)

Massive Rodents Invade Wetlands

A kangaroo is for the high jump after escaping from its owner and going on a knicker-nicking spree

Red hawk down! Upper West Side apartment gets visit from feathered friend

Shark Bay dolphins astound university researchers

Oil exploration near seabird colonies would pose untenable risk, warns RSPB

Sharks, polar bears and otters are not simpler versions of ourselves

In pictures: Britain's most dangerous invaders

Sea eagle attacks reverend and his flock....of geese

Endangered Big Cats Get Playful With Big Toys

Snapperfest 2011: Does Turtle Event Torture Animals?

Bat Causes Stir At NH Selectman's Meeting

Pet Pig Tipping The Scales At 220kg Put On Crash Diet

Giant Panda Celebrates Second Birthday At San Diego Zoo

Heartwarming Tales of Orphaned Elephants Being Returned to the Wild