A male leopard that mauled six people at a school in India before it was captured has escaped its enclosure, officials said.

The world’s oldest known wild bird, Laysan albatross, added a new chick to the family.And according to experts, this is her 40th one.

A wild elephant went on an hours-long rampage in a town in eastern India on Wednesday, damaging about 100 homes, shops and other buildings, a state minister said.

The condition of the country’s zoos is pitiable as these are not run with a modern outlook where zoos are not just an exposition of wild life, but also a research centre.

The most striking example of how poorly the zoo is now being managed is seeing a sheep giving company to a lonely rhino. You can also see a deer as a companion to a lonely Bhutanese cow. In short the zoo looks like a place where all animals are kept to die quickly.

Border guards recover 874 turtles worth over Tk 2 crore from India-bordering Benapole area of Jessore’s Sharsha upazila.

A Bahamian women keeps a raccoon as a pet and surprisingly the wild creature -- generally branded as one of the most extremely active, curious and destructive animals – becomes a part of her family.

Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says.

Bats provide a service worth an estimated US $1bn (£649m) globally by controlling pests on corn crops, a study has suggested.

The torrents had just stopped and sunlight filtered through the bright green canopy above, forming columns of light spiraling down to the moist forest floor.

13 species of animals have already become extinct from Bangladesh and several others have also possibly become extinct.

13 species of animals have already become extinct from Bangladesh and several others have also possibly become extinct.

Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world's largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official says.

In a mindless act of disregard to endangered Gangetic River Dolphin, a Facebook user has posted photos in which he poses with a dead dolphin calf.

Around 11-foot python is rescued from being on sale and handed over to forest authorities in Boragram area of Rangamati.

A python, 25 Munias and 10 Parakeets including Alexandrian and Rose Ringed Parakeets have been rescued during a raid in a weekly bird market at Tongi in Gazipur.

Populations of some of the world's largest wild animals are dwindling, raising the threat of an "empty landscape", say scientists.

First large-scale hedgehog sanctuary in the UK is being opened in Soilhull

As our cameras clicked away documenting this amazing show, Siraj could not hold himself any more and wanted to save the dying bird.

According to the Red List of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the animals in the pictures are however not endangered worldwide.