Extinct In Our Lifetime — 11 Species We've Lost Forever

The noughties: a decade of lost species

The four faces of the Bengal tiger (18 pictures)

Extinct In Our Lifetime — 11 Species We've Lost Forever

Which Side Are You On? Birds Need Tutoring to Find Out

Australian study uses cat food in war on cane toad

Squirrel banned from riding rollercoaster

I caught a lizard... WITH WINGS!

Cute Animals

Injured eagle soars free

Amy, the world's biggest rabbit, dies of stage fright

A life in the trees is a longer one

Group gets up close and personal with playful meerkats

Why Ladies-Only Species Don’t Need Men

Trekking With Wolves

The owls with a heavenly place to roost

How elephants communicate using a 'secret language'

End of road for Territory's great white

Photographer captures a hoof's-eye view of the moment a lioness attacks a herd of zebra

WWF launches year of the tiger to safeguard endangered species (20 pictures)

Magnum takes a look at the educational value of taxidermy as well as some of its less lauded uses in sport

Dark secret of the farm where tigers' bodies are plundered to make £185 wine

Cheeky meerkat gets in trouble with a prim giraffe

Monkeys, butterflies, turtles… how the pet trade's greed is emptying south-east Asia's forests

African safaris: Bleak news from the bush

Spring melodies from the tiny 5p bird

Zebra's Escape from the Circus Caught on Tape

Asia's greed for ivory puts African elephant at risk

Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe

Black Swan – The Theory and The Feathered Friend

A Colombian city that's gone to the dogs

Japanese Sitting Dog Assumes Meditative Pose

Dogs battle cheetahs

Guinness Announces World’s Tallest Dog Ever — Do YOU Have a Record-Setter?

Orangutan And Dog Become Best Friends

25 Dog Fails

Cat thinks it's a chook

Migrating Monarch Butterflies Have Longer Wings

Great white sharks 'more endangered than tigers'

New Giant Prehistoric Fish Species Found Gathering Dust in Museums

Dolphins could hold the key to curing diabetes (because they can switch condition on and off)

On the brink of extinction – 25 of our closest relatives

Meet the world's endangered primates (15 pictures)