A rare species of bird, the northern bald Ibis, which had been wiped out in Europe and reintroduced at great expense in Austria, is under threat as Italian hunters kill…
An adorable monkey native to the Amazon that is threatened with extinction has found a new home in a zoo in Switzerland. Video footage from the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland…
A Swiss zoo has predicted that almost 60 per cent of all insect species in the country are threatened with extinction. Experts from Zurich Zoo say that the declining insect…
The self-styled world's oldest zoo in Vienna has celebrated its 20th anniversary with the addition of numerous babies from a variety of species - the latest being these adorable newborn…
Wildlife experts have used Halloween pumpkins to reveal the real-life horror of animal extinction. New figures show that 20 per cent of all animal species are under threat of dying…
The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the…
Suspected poachers caused outrage after photographs emerged of them posing with the carcass of a jaguar they had apparently killed minutes earlier. The incident took place in Jujuy Province, north-western…
Conservation plant hunters have discovered four new species of mini orchids in a Colombian nature reserve. The discoveries were made in the Cauca valley between the Andes mountains and the…
The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the oceans is being threatened with extinction by micro-plastics, a new study has revealed. The shock findings emerged after scientists studied the…
These images show how a zoo in Spain has welcomed four members of a critically endangered species of antelope that has less than 100 members left in the wild. The…