Wildlife

Residents of Oceanside, California were both fascinated and alarmed this week after a mountain lion was spotted roaming the streets of the coastal city's downtown area. However, the urban adventure ended in tragedy days later when the big cat was...

A group of scouts rescued two flamingos tangled in fishing line in the wetlands of Lesvos island, Greece, and provided the necessary first aid care. Responding to a citizen's call about flamingos in danger, the two scouts of the Wildlife...

An adult female bear was freed from an illegal trap after the successful collaboration of Greek and Albanian authorities and wildlife organizations, it was reported on Thursday. Weighing almost two hundred pounds (approximately ninety kilograms), the five-year-old bear managed to...

Dozens of migratory swans have arrived from northern Europe to the Kerkini Lake in northern Greece this week for the winter months.

An enormous vulture in distress fell randomly in the sea in Crete, but was lucky to be rescued by an unsuspecting beachgoer.

A satellite image of the EU's Copernicus space program shows the extent of the destruction by the wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes. More than 100 square kilometers of land, including a virgin forest, has been burned so far...

One of the world's oldest male lions was killed by herders in Kenya. The lion, named Loonkiito, was 19 years old and was killed in Olkelunyiet village on Wednesday night while hunting for livestock. The authorities in Kenya said that...

Wildlife and Tourism officials in Kenya say that climate change is killing more elephants in Kenya than poaching. It also poses the biggest threat to the conservation of their lives. The illegal slaughter of elephants in search for ivory in Kenya used...

A monkey was executed in Japan for being part of an animal "gang" who were repeatedly attacking humans. The macaque monkey was recently located and executed by a group of specially commissioned hunters in Japan. The "monkey gang" has...

According to a recent study by Eurostat, Greece has the largest number of goats in the EU.