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Observer Ethical Award Winners Set the Standard

The Observer Ethical Awards are an annual celebration of the best of the British activists in the environmental world. It honours groups and individuals who have raised the bar when it comes to ethical and sustainable products and
The Week in Animal News: 90-Year-Old Tortoise Mom, Elephants Are Like Us, and More

Having children is one of the most important, life-changing decisions a mother will ever make -- and one endangered tortoise in particular certainly didn't rush it. We've also got new research showing elephants are a lot like humans, a bird with a spect
Tiny Bird Dances Like it's 'Been Shot Out of a Cannon' (Video)

Often when biologists are charged with detailing the newly recorded behavior of some exotic species, the language can get pretty science-y -- but dusty old descriptors can't suffice when talking about a particularly
Nine Peregrine Falcon Chicks Are NYC's Latest Immigrants

Usually, when you hear the Verrazano-Narrows, Marine Parkway and Throgs Neck Bridges mentioned in the same sentence, they're followed by a horrible traffic report. But this week, some much
Artists Turn Taiwan Wetland Into Ecofriendly Gallery

In the remote villages around the Cheng Long Wetlands in Taiwan, engagement with environmental issues is on the rise thanks in part to a community-based program that is turning the wetlands into a 'gallery' for ecofriendly art.
Egg Carton Labels' Animal Welfare Claims Not Always Accurate

Perhaps this isn't surprising for seasoned animal welfare watchers, but for the novice pay attention: According to a new article in the forthcoming issue of the Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental
The Week in Animal News: Tiger Dad Saves Cubs, Monkey Bodyguards, and More

Let's be honest: A Tiger dad is usually a bit of a deadbeat. But for what may be the very first time, officials from a wildlife preserve in India have observed a male tiger that has adopted a litter of cubs left orphaned and alone when their mother died
Three Birds Fly Over 3,700 Miles Without Stopping

In what seems like the storyline from an awesome buddy-film, researchers from Sweden have recorded one of the most remarkable road air-trips ever seen in nature -- three birds together on a non-stop, 3,728 mile, shotgun-style
Audubon Honors Sigourney Weaver and Women Driving Gulf Coast Relief Efforts (Photos)

Sigourney Weaver accepts Audubon's Rachel Carson Award. Photo: Audubon Women in Conservation The National Audubon Society brought the attention of their Eighth Annual Women in Conservation Luncheon to the work of many women who spearheaded relief
Aussie Birds Get Drunk, Loud, and Fall From the Sky

Every year around this time, medical offices in Australia are deluged with cases of loud drunks that are so intoxicated they've tumbled to the ground. No, they aren't rowdy rugby fans who've had one too many-- they're
The Week in Animal News: Smuggler's Suitcase Packed with Babies, Cat and Owl BFF, and More (Slideshow)

We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried, and sadly, it's all true. A man has been arrested with baby exotic animals of all sorts stashed in his suitcase, in an attempt to smuggle the drugged leopard and bear cubs,
The Week in Animal News: Smuggler's Suitcase Packed with Babies, Cat and Owl BFF, and More

We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried, and sadly, it's all true. A man has been arrested with baby exotic animals of all sorts stashed in his suitcase, in an attempt to smuggle the drugged leopard and bear cubs, monkeys, and more out of the country a
Cat and Owl Playing (Video)

Fum, the black cat, and Gebra, the owl, star as best friends forever in a video that proves love conquers all. Judging from the way Fum climbs trees, he is in full possession of a sharp set of claws. And owl talons...well,
Birdwatchers' Digital Trickery is Pissing Birds Off

Usually, birdwatching requires patience, dedication, and stealth for chance to glimpse some of nature's coyest creatures -- but the luxuries of the digital era have caught up with this age old pastime, and birds are none too
Dry Weather Leaves UK Birds Without Mud for Nests

I'm so used to people complaining about swallows building their mud nests under eaves and along fascia boards that this latest request for homeowners to please leave dishes of mud out for swallows comes as quite a
What's Brought 32,000 Parakeets to London's Suburbs?

In April, Brian lamented new population maps that show Americans are still moving to the suburbs. But the study was restricted to the United States, and only looked at human population shifts. Which
The Week in Animal News: Animal Moms, Zombie Ants, and More (Slideshow)

For a species on the brink of extinction, some animal moms, including this momma orangutan, are particularly important.
The Week in Animal News: Animal Moms, Zombie Ants, and More

For a species on the brink of extinction, some animal moms, including this momma orangutan, are particularly important. We also have a report on the shocking fungus that turns ants into zombies, songbirds that can't understand each other, whale strandin