One reason: Organized-crime rackets that have made billions of dollars trafficking animals ... selling birds abroad, breeders must now prove to CITES inspectors that their African grays are ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... a white backside that can only be seen when the bird is in flight.

A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for ...

Lions and other African animals will soon roam over a new Tulsa Zoo seven-acre habitat. On Wednesday, the Tulsa Zoo broke ground to begin construction on the new William S. Smith ...

It inhabits savanna and other areas south of the Equator in Africa and cannot ... a Japanese winter as the animals it feeds on go into hibernation,” he said. “The bird should be returned ...