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This adorable ghost shark has a sex tentacle on its head

If you’re looking for your new favourite sea creature, then look no further.

Montenegro

Lion cub rescued in Montenegro after escaping from private home

The young feline will now be released into the wild or transferred to a zoo.

South Africa

'Lions of Lockdown' rescued from French circus freed in South Africa

The Born Free Foundation says the sanctuary will be "the next best thing to the wild" for the lions who spent years in "appalling conditions" in French circuses.

Green News

This zoo uses wild animals for therapy - but is it safe?

Cuba's National Zoo runs animal therapy sessions using endangered species, but PETA says the programme is harmful and dangerous.

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Euroviews. ‘A freezer full of cubs’: The truth behind shocking tiger exploitation

We need international trade agreements that help reverse tiger declines and put an end to big cat farming.

Green News

Scientists are using poo to save these adorable, pocket-sized owls

Scientists in California are helping burrowing owls to find new homes as their grassland habitats disappear.

Nature

Ship strikes threaten the 1.3 million whales left in our oceans

NGO World Sustainable Organisation has launched a certification campaign to raise awareness of the danger of ship strikes.

Nature

How do you count an ant colony?: London Zoo takes stock of its animals

Equipped with clipboards and calculators, zookeepers tried to keep a straight face while counting every resident at London Zoo.

Nature

Vicious squirrel attacks and injures residents in Welsh town

The animal lashed out at the elderly, children and pets too.

Nature

Animal shelter receives more than 800 parakeets at Christmas

The move left the staff of the Detroit Animal Welfare Group quite shocked.

Nature

Rescued bears open their Christmas gifts in sanctuary

Animals Asia staff made sure that all the rescued bears at the NGO's sanctuary in Vietnam got something this Christmas.

Green News

Why are hundreds of dead puffins washing up on Scottish shores?

Scientists say the 'puffin wreck' is one of the biggest in 50 years.

Russia

Russian opposition MP charged with illegally hunting elk

Valery Rashkin has admitted killing the animal but said the charges against him are politically motivated.

Colombia

Colombia seizes over 300 arachnids being smuggled to Europe

Two German citizens were allegedly found smuggling the arachnids in over 200 plastic containers.

Russia

Russian parliament lifts immunity of MP accused of illegal elk hunting

The carcass of an elk was found by police in Valery Rashkin's car last month. The Communist Party member last week admitted to shooting the animal.

Nature

France opens Europe's first retirement home for elephants

52-year-old Asian elephant Gandhi is the first resident of a unique sanctuary.

Nature

Why octopuses have feelings and crabs should not be ‘boiled alive’

The UK's new Animal Sentience Bill does not stop current cruel practices, but it could rule out factory farming in the future.

Nature

This bear has had its head stuck in a plastic container for weeks

It took weeks to track down and rescue the animal, who was a victim of plastic pollution in the US.

Russia

Russian MP accused of illegal hunting after elk carcass found in car

Russian police said they found remains of the animal in Rashkin's car alongside two hunting rifles nearby.

Nature

Seagrass has more sex when otters are in the water

Scientists have revealed the unlikely sexual chemistry between eelgrass and sea otter populations off the Canadian coast.