National Parks

May 11, 2018

Idaho wildlife officials approve limited grizzly bear hunt

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved a limited hunting season for grizzly bears in eastern Idaho just a year after the animals were removed from the Endangered Species List


May 10, 2018

Tanzania's Maasai evicted in favor of tourism, group says

Tanzania's ethnic Maasai herders evicted in favor of tourism, group says


May 8, 2018

Leopard grabs, kills toddler in Uganda national park

A wildlife official say a leopard has mauled and killed a toddler in a protected area popular with tourists


May 3, 2018

Chad gets 6 rhinos nearly 50 years after losing the species

Six critically endangered black rhinos are being transported from South Africa to Chad, restoring the species to the country in north-central Africa nearly half a century after it was wiped out there


May 2, 2018

Yellowstone bison rams Idaho woman, tosses her off trail

A bison rammed a 72-year-old Idaho woman and tossed her off a trail as she walked in Yellowstone National Park


May 2, 2018

Lion that mauled man in enclosure in South Africa is killed

A lion whose attack on a man at a wildlife area in South Africa was recorded in a graphic video has been killed


May 2, 2018

Chinese imports threaten ancient craft of Dutch reed cutters

Practitioners of an ancient craft, Dutch reed cutters are seeking tax breaks to allow them to better compete with cheaper imports from China


Apr 27, 2018

US won't restore Yellowstone grizzly bear protections

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the recent lifting of protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in light of a court ruling that retained protections for gray wolves in the Great Lakes


Apr 27, 2018

Museum disqualifies image in wildlife photography contest

Britain's Natural History Museum has disqualified a photograph from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition after concluding that the image of an anteater moving toward a termite mound at night involved at taxidermy specimen


Apr 25, 2018

Uganda counts gorillas amid tourism-boosting 'baby boom'

Uganda counts endangered mountain gorillas amid tourism-boosting 'baby boom'