Aspetkeepinghasbecomeawidespreadphenomenonglobally,recentresearchintoanimalsemotionallivescastsdoubtontheethicsofpetkeeping,reportssaid.Researchisrevealingthatt
Animal keepers at zoos throughout China are helping their dwellers stay cool as the summer's sweltering heat wave continues.
AnimalkeepersatzoosthroughoutChinaarehelpingtheirdwellersstaycoolasthesummer'sswelteringheatwavecontinues.Keepersareusingiceblocksandcoldwatertocooldownoverheat
China's summer heatwave has pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in many cities across the country. The scorching weather can be extremely uncomfortable for zoo animals, but Chinese zoo keepers have taken creative measures to help their animals stay cool.
It’snotquiteE=mc2,butscientistsunveiledapowerfulformulaMondaythatexplainswhysomeanimalsrun,flyandswimfasterthanothers.Callitthe"speedrule":Strengthalonedoesnotd
StudyofancientgeneticmaterialfromEgypttoVikinggraveyardsrevealsalltamedcatsdescendedfromonerodent-catchingAfricansubspeciesfirsttamedbyNearEastfarmers9,000years
Researchershaveshownthatgeneticcluesleftbehindinshedcells,tissues,scalesandfecesbyoceananimalscanbeusedasforensicmarkerstoaccuratelyandeasilysurveymarinelifeinc
SevenhundredalpacashavelandedinChinainthebiggestsingleorderoftheanimalsfromAustralia.Thecharteredcargoflightfilledwiththealpacasworth10millionyuan($1.5million)l
DisableddogsinTaiwanhavemorechancestowalkandrunagain,thankstocost-effectivewheelchairsspeciallydesignedbyapetenthusiast.PanChieh,a40-year-oldmachineoperator,has
RinglingBros.andBarnumBailey,America'sbest-knowncircus,hasstageditsfinalshowafter146years,markingtheendofanerabroughtonbyanimalrightsadvocates.Thefinalperforman
PolicehavebeeninvestigatingthecasesincereceivingareportinSeptemberlastyearthatthehighlyendangeredredslenderloriswasbeingsoldonBaiduTieba,apopularonlineforum.Pol
Indonesian activists are lobbying for a zoo accused of starving its animals, including sun bears, to be shut down.
Vet says project would show Beijing's humanistic nature amid public concerns
What happens when millions of people in a city with poor infrastructure ceremonially sacrifice animals before a torrential monsoon downpour?
"The most difficult thing is to be somebody who observes and who is observed, that is why I'm now a greater fun of Charlie Chaplin and others masters like him," said Serbian film director Emir Kusturica during the Venice Film Festival.
Lao government has warned poachers, traders and businesses not to hunt, sell or display prohibited or protected wildlife and aquatic species, including live animals, carcasses, their remains or organs.
Authorities at provincial level and above can organize activities involving the release of state-protected animals to the wild, according to the draft submitted to a bi-monthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.