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With big cat populations higher than expected this year, Zambia will once again allow the hunting of leopards and will lift its ban on lion hunting next year.

Almost 17 percent of bird species in the European Union are threatened, according to a new State of Nature report released by the European Environment Agency today.

An Icelandic whaling company's plan to send fin whale meat to Japan is already under fire from animal welfare groups.

The Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums said today it will stop buying dolphins harvested during controversial hunts, reluctantly yielding to international pressure.

A Vancouver, Wash., teen accidentally attracted police attention when he tied a realistic-looking toy tiger to the roof of his SUV.

A third dead whale was found on a beach in Pacifica, Calif., south of San Francisco, as officials were getting ready to bury two other dead whales that washed up weeks ago.

Industrial emissions of bisphenol-A, or BPA, through the air can increase BPA levels in nearby aquatic environments, according to a new study.

A group of researchers from the University of Edinburgh have found that large grains of volcanic ash can travel greater distances than previously expected.

Four rail cars carrying chemicals derailed in Louisiana yesterday, prompting an evacuation of two subdivisions, though officials said there was no immediate danger.

When a tornado came bearing down on a Boy Scout troop camped in Oklahoma's Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, a Fish and Wildlife Service officer reportedly led it to safety.

The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it will revise annual reporting requirements for the sale of antibiotics for livestock by requiring information to be broken down by specific type of animal.

The chief executive of coal company Peabody Energy is the subject of controversy after claiming last year that more energy from the fossil fuel would have helped West Africa respond faster to the Ebola outbreak.

A ruptured pipeline spilled at least 21,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean and beaches in Santa Barbara County, Calif., yesterday before it was contained, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Developing countries are slowly but surely grabbing a bigger piece of the renewable energy market, with Thailand and Ukraine's clean energy sectors growing the most over the past five years, according to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C., took the top three spots in a national survey released today on cities' energy efficiency efforts.

A coalition of environmental groups has laid out its case against Arctic drilling in a brief to a federal judge.

A contractor found out the hard way his Rocky "Silent Hunter" Rubber Snake Boot couldn't protect him from a snake's fangs.

A new study of panda waste brings bad news for the endangered species: Their stomach microbes don't match their diet.

Minnesota's twin cities -- Minneapolis and St. Paul -- tied for the top spot in a national ranking of parks in large U.S. cities in a survey released today by the Trust for Public Land.

A Texas hunter shot and killed an endangered black rhinoceros Monday on a sanctioned hunt in southeastern Africa after more than a year of fierce criticism and even death threats.

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