animal poaching and smuggling

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A former beauty queen who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an Alaska grizzly bear without a state hunti...

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Tourists and animal lovers hoping to see a bear in Sequoia National Park this fall probably stand a better chance of spott...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The eight suspected poachers stood under a tree, apparently unaware they were being tracked by 10 rangers from Congo's Garamba Nat...

VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda (AP) — Deep in Rwanda's steep-sloped forest, the mountain gorillas look both endearing and intimidating. A tourist mig...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry has been on a private visit to South Africa's flagship wildlife park, where poachers have killed rhinos in ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Poachers have killed record numbers of rhinos in South Africa in recent years, but some conservationists believe the toll could be...

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, Zimbabwe (AP) — No fence separates Hwange National Park from the outside world. When Cecil the lion was lured onto an adjacent f...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota dentist who went on a guided bow hunting trip for big game in Zimbabwe said that he had no idea the lion he kill...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Conservationists hail it as a possible game-changer in the struggle to curb the slaughter of elephants: an unexpected pledge by a ...

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry formally ended his full-time military service in Britain's army Friday, wrapping up a career in which he qualified as an Ap...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Investigators who collected DNA from the tusks of slain elephants and painstakingly looked for matches in the vast African contine...