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Tourists shocked by swarms of crabs invading Cuba's beaches

At dawn and dusk the multi-coloured crabs emerge, scuttling sideways toward the turquoise sea, climbing up house walls and carpeting the roughly paved coastal road.

Earth News

Why over-milking psychedelic toads is causing the species to die out

Sonoran Desert Toads are at threat from human activity in the US. But why are they being milked?

Spain

Spanish police seize pythons, lizards and caimans from illegal zoo

More than 118 exotic animals were discovered at the private estate on Gran Canaria.

Nature

Tigers forced to live in train carriage for 15 years are finally free

Animal welfare organisation Four Paws has transported the four tigers to a sanctuary in South Africa.

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Hungary

Police pick up a penguin on the waddle in central Budapest

Officers say they have put their investigation on ice!

Nature

How can this ‘bongo park’ save a species from extinction?

With fewer than one hundred individuals left in the wild, conservationists in Kenya are fighting to save the mountain bongo, a type of antelope on the verge of extinction.

Travel News

Meet the Ukrainian photographer who went viral for her travel photos

This International Women's Day, we bring you Julia Wimmerlin, who has spent the last decade photographing places, people and wildlife around the globe.

Nature

Pangolin’s are the world’s most trafficked animal. But why?

Liberia's government has banned the hunting and sale of pangolins but many locals see no other ways of supporting themselves

Ecotech

Scientists recruit seals to be their research assistants

Seals wearing helmets have been helping Japanese researchers survey the waters under the thick ice sheet of Antarctica.

Nature

How elephant DNA is being used to disrupt the ivory trade

A new study combines elephant DNA data and forensic evidence to map ivory trafficking operations across the African continent.

Nature

Rescue team risk their lives to save whale entangled in rubbish

The female humpback whale was travelling with a male and a calf.

Earth News

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.

Earth 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.

Earth News

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.

Earth 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.