Chain-eating deer at Nara temple amuse tourists, puzzle experts
Chevron's dirty fight in Ecuador
Koalas bellow to attract a mate
Animal pictures of the week: 18 February 2011
Bears take three weeks to wake up from hibernation
Not in Vain: Roadkill Yields Valuable Clues
Black Bear Hibernation Mystery
The 8 Most Successful Politicians (Who Weren't Human)
Huge Sydney bat colony to be evicted
Man-Eating Elephants in India?
How a Dead Elephant Is Consumed In Under Two Minutes
Life at the North Pole and Life at the South Pole slideshows.
Owls Change Color to Cope With a Changing Climate
Wolverine Ditches Idaho, Ends Up Lonely in California
The Week in Animal News: Top Chefs Eat Endangered, Baby Gorilla Walks, and More (Slideshow)
Island's Invasive "Killing Machine" Finally Captured
Moloch Horridus: The Thorny Mountain Devil
10 Incredible Animal Hybrids
The Fossa: Madagascar's Strangest Predator
Tiger SOS: three steps to saving the Sumatran tiger
Sydney Botanic Garden bats to be forced out
Solving the mystery of the bizarre deformed frogs
Badger cull decision delayed
Waves of sleep wash over seagulls
Snake-bites: a growing, global threat
Night time hunt of ghostly gecko
Labord's chameleons of Madagascar live fast, die young
Penguins: The luckiest birds alive
Wild swans under threat as numbers begin to decline
'Perfumed' parasitic plant lures in pollinating mammals
The 'weird' predatory fossa of Madagascar is threatened
Deer... can't live with them, can't live without them
Bird kills man at cockfight
The week in wildlife - in pictures
Pole to pole: Daniel J Cox photographs Arctic polar bears and penguins in Antarctica
Nature's strangest seduction techniques revealed
Nepal Successfully Relocates Wild Tiger For First Time
13 Snapshots of the World's Rarest Birds
Adorable Piggies Rescued From Factory Farm Celebrate Four Months Of Freedom In Chile (Photos)
Hibernating Bear Chased Off With Country Music
7 Shocking Snake Stories
Pulling Out Feathers: Group Living Stresses Ravens
Wild Bald Eagle Obsessed with Zoo Female
How Snakes Lost Their Legs
Mice trained for airport security
Parasailing donkey dies of heart attack
Elephants, dolphins, primates and now bats have been shown to form human-life friendships
Dapper Blue Penguin: Tux Is a Feathery First
Adorable Rockhopper Penguins Shower Just Like Us (Slideshow)
Amateur Wildlife Photo Saves an Injured Tiger's Life
The Week in Animal News: Chimp Mourns Child, Sled Dogs Slaughtered, and More (Slideshow)
10 Most Beautiful National Birds on Earth
Parrots 'are left handed'
Animal pictures of the week: 4 February 2011
Wildlife and pets check in at the Heathrow Animal Reception Centre
Hundreds of Yellowstone buffalo face slaughter
Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use
Chernobyl birds are small brained
Alien invaders: American mink removed from Scotland
Six tiger reserve helpers kidnapped
Flying tonight? Bats under threat
Horse and carriage
That’ll Teach You to Mess With the Birds
Bizarre mammals filmed calling using their quills
Pioneering surgery for moon bear by Edinburgh vet
Week in wildlife – in pictures
Warming Arctic brings invasion of southern species
How to fight off a crocodile
Starling flocks: how they form into incredible wildlife spectacles
The Oriental Turtle Dove, or Strettopelia orientalis
Four-hour operation to help polar bear with a sore tooth
Big Squirreltail Evolves to Fight Off Fiery, Invasive Cheatgrass
Biologists Help Endangered Penguins Find True Love
Lions Freed From Circuses Bound For a Better Life
Pulling Out Feathers: Group Living Stresses Ravens
How Dinosaurs Handed Down Their Fingers to Birds
Zoo officials team up for lion's root canal
Everything You Wanted to Know About Dinosaur Sex
Cheetah Cubs Get Their Own Webcam
Can a moose be used as a "beast of burden" ??
7 Animals Humans Brought to Extinction
8 Animals Believed to Predict the Weather
Gwinnett teen -- and bird -- credited with saving family from fire
Tiger Mom? Teen Girl Sleeps With Pet Tiger
Wounded goose still on the loose
The 8 Most Romantic Creatures In The Animal Kingdom
Would-be wildlife smuggler gets three bags full
Horsewhipping Study Whips Up Controversy
55-Year-Old Woman Saves Husband From Tiger Attack With Soup Ladle
Judge Charles Lovell Permits Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone
White-Nose Syndrome Bat Disease: An Unprecedented Epidemic
10 Hibernating Animals Climate Change Could Wake Up (Slideshow)
The Week in Animal News: Penguins Showering, 82 Whales Stranded, Baby Gorillas, and More (Slideshow)
8 Amazing Ways Sheep Are Smarter Than You Thought
Chinese bear-bile backlash
Animal Asbos: from fighting bees to runaway pigs
Night time hunt of ghostly gecko
In pictures: Malaysian wildlife caught on camera
The boar war: Barcelona aims to control its wildlife
Unlucky python ends up in tug-of-war between two leopards
Is an Owl Really Wise? Four Animal Myths Debunked
Lost flutter: Abandoned budgie found at bookmakers
Tiny Chameleons Use a Different Kind of Camouflage
Black Rhino Calf Born at the Saint Louis Zoo (Photos)
New Baby Penguin Is a Big-footed Fuzzball
A bird or two at hand
Rare and enigmatic fishing rat soon becomes nuisance
Week in wildlife - in pictures
The Week in Animal News: A Baby Black Rhino, Beavers Helping Bats, and More (Slideshow)
200 Dead Cows Mystery Solved In Wisconsin: Toxic Moldy Potatoes To Blame
Life at the North Pole
Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat?
Twitter in the city: The urban life of birds
Pigeons Use Right Nostril to Sniff Their Way Home
Monogamous Animals Often Have Unattractive Partners
Alien invaders: American mink removed from Scotland
Bird watchers flock to dump to see rare bird
Studying Nature in the Middle of Manhattan
Crows surprise researchers with advanced tool use
Taiwan endangered species focus of new awareness
Animal Photos Of The Week
13 nations agree on program to double tiger population
Jumping rabbits in Harrogate for 'grand national' event
Mama Bird Skips Out on Chicks for Sex
Tiger, tiger, moving right: Pioneering hip operation gives Girl a new start
Last refuges of England’s rarest species revealed
Asian Tiger Population Could Triple by Expanding and Linking Preserves
Standing at 11 Feet: World's Largest Known Bear Unearthed
Castration could save reindeer in warming Arctic
Some Zoo Animals Enjoying Recent Winter Storms
Frogs re-evolved lost lower teeth
Hand Preference in Humans, Animals Explained
Nature reserve's gamekeeper accused of killing wild bird
Tough Conditions Favor Giants
Wild Bald Eagle Falls For Zoo-Kept Female, Visits Her Twice a Day
RSPB Birdwatch: Europe's big freeze brings flocks of rare birds to Britain
Remarkable animal journeys
9 People Who Have Lived with Animals, Changing Our View Forever (Slideshow)
Cuban Frogs Hitched Rides to Florida
Study shows canid is 'wolf in jackal's clothing'
Groundhog Alternates Step Up to Predict Spring
New to Nature No 30: Pycnonotus hualon
Carnivorous Plant Lures Bats to Feed on Their Guano
Elephant Underpass Created In Mt. Kenya Succeeds
Light pollution disrupting sleep and wildlife, says rural body
Eyewitness: Mongolia's pony express
A new exhibition shows what a beastly business animal reproduction can be
Bats in Borneo roost in carnivorous pitcher plants
Wild Tiger Found in Hotel Becomes First Translocated in Nepal (Slideshow)
Triceraaatooops, I Am Your Faaather
Why this crane is dancing
Africa's Lone Wolf: New Species Found in Ethiopia
Yellowstone's roaming buffalo stray into trouble
Surprising Truths About Santa's Reindeer
Tennessee man dies from poisonous copperhead snake bite
Opposites may attract, but they aren't better parents
Grief of the penguins: Scores of birds bowed in mourning after the deaths of their chicks
Top 20 Insane Pet Products for Crazy Owners
Letting pets sleep in your bed makes you ill
Know your garden bird song
The world's rarest birds photo competition
Beach Babe: The happy pigs that love to swim in the Caribbean (and we're not telling porkies)
Why do they fancy pigeons?
Bats in Borneo roost in carnivorous pitcher plants
Snow takes heavy toll on barn owls
Meet the World's Newest Cat, the Sunda Clouded Leopard
Nepal Successfully Relocates Wild Tiger For First Time
Polar Bear Observed to Swim Continuously for 9 Days Over 426 Miles
Man hunted after sex attack on lamb
Out in the open: The baby wallaby who hid in his mother's pouch surprises safari staff
Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies
Eyewitness: Natural born killer. Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series.
The Tasmanian Devil in the Wastewater
There's life in the old donkey yet: At 54 Eeyore is the world's longest lived ass
Plastic adorns the nests of birds fit for a fight
UK wild bird numbers continue to fall
Remarkable animal journeys
11 intriguing transparent animals
Biological Clock Ticks Slower for Female Birds Who Choose Good Mates
Call of the wild: crocodile swallows mobile phone
Toad road signs in Burry Port and Ammanford
Birds in mid-flight photographed by Roy Hancliff
Catch of the day: Dramatic close-up pictures of wild bears fishing for survival
Lion cub triplets born in German zoo
25 Ex-Circus Lions to Be Air Lifted from Bolivia to Colorado
Extinct Woolly Mammoth May Be Resurrected by Scientists
A twist in the tale of the squirrel and the RSPCA
European Beavers Build Better Bat Habitats
3 Awww-Inspiring Animal Friendships
Feeding garden birds such as tits delays dawn chorus
Scheme to reintroduce the world's heaviest flying bird to the UK has received £1.8m from the European Union
World's rarest bird pictures: A dance in search of a partner
Finally Baby-Making Time For One of a Kind Tortoise?
Bears in the wild photographed by Sergey Gorshkov at Kurile Lake in Kamchatka, Russia
For Sale Cheap: House infested with slithering snakes
France warned by EU court over rare hamsters
First Known One-Fingered Dinosaur Found in Mongolia
Will Lonesome George finally find a mate?
Curious crows use tools to explore dangerous objects
Complexity of Polar Bears Revealed in 10 Rare Videos (Slideshow)
Meet 'Mrs. T': Ancient Flying Reptile Found with Egg
Kingfisher dive captured on camera
Two forms of world's 'newest' cat, the Sunda leopard
Liberia has Lost 95 Percent of its Elephants to Poachers
The Polyamorous Mating Habits of the Red Squirrel
Bird Sound Database Contains 67,000 Songs and Calls
Brilliant feathers of white snowy owls dazzle rivals
Big Garden Birdwatch: Look out for unusal visitors
7 Sleepiest Animals on Earth
Turkey's Scientist of the Year on Butterflies, Banding Birds, and Eco Tourism (Interview)
Hyenas 'greet friends' to ask for their help
Animal Aid: Shocking Images from Inside Britain's Slaughterhouses
Big Garden Birdwatch: More than 60 prisoners to take part this year
Hedgehog 'rescue plan' unveiled
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Builders stumble across ice age 'graveyard' filled with fossilised remains of dozens of huge animals
