By Douglas M. Main, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor | LiveScience.com – 20 mins ago Since the 1970s, populations of Steller sea lions have dramatically declined in the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska, where they are protected under the Endangered Species Act. What exactly is responsible for the downturn is unknown, and is especially confounding given that sea lion populations […]

By Kim Palmer | Reuters – 1 hr 24 mins ago CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A gorilla known for being the patriarch of a renowned gorilla surrogacy program at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio died on Friday at an estimated age of 47, the zoo said. The popular gorilla, Mumbah, was eating breakfast with his family […]

AFP Relax News – 1 hr 11 mins ago Friday afternoon, some of the cast of Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, the animated family film presented out of competition, were present for a photocall on the Croisette. David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jessica Chastain as well as Chris Rock and Ben Stiller tried to hold their own and not […]

A simmering row between animal rights campaigners and a handful of California‘s top chefs is coming to the boil, ahead of a looming ban on foie gras in the western US state. Protestors took their message to the streets this week as a series of high-end restaurants staged events — with menus including foie gras […]

By Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor | LiveScience.com – 42 mins ago A chimp that creates hiding places for rocks he throws at zoo visitors reveals for the first time that humanity’s closest living relatives can plan to deceive, researchers say. These findings could shed light on the evolution of higher mental functions such as planning, investigators added. […]

By Jo Ingles | Reuters – 20 hrs ago COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Ohio legislation designed to clamp down on ownership of wild animals after the escape last year from a farm of dozens of dangerous beasts including lions, tigers and bears, is drawing criticism from private animal owners for being too tough and from animal rights […]

Reuters – 45 mins ago LONDON (Reuters) – Once hovering on the brink of being classified as an endangered species, the humble five pound note is back with a vengeance. Britons are using 10 times more “fivers” than they were two years ago, the Bank of England said on Thursday, as the notes become more widely available […]

Reuters – 34 mins ago LONDON (Reuters) – Once hovering on the brink of being classified as an endangered species, the humble five pound note is back with a vengeance. Britons are using 10 times more “fivers” than they were two years ago, the Bank of England said on Thursday, as the notes become more widely available […]

Associated Press – 35 mins ago LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Kate were guests of honor at the U.K. premiere of Disneynature’s “African Cats” on Wednesday. Filmed in Kenya’s Masai Mara region from August 2008 to October 2010, “African Cats” follows a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs in the savanna. British […]

By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com – 31 mins ago Want to trick a dog? It’s all in the body language, a new study finds. When given a choice between a big serving of food and a small one, dogs almost always go for the bigger option. But when a person makes a fuss over the small amount, […]