A white-handed gibbon, native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and critically endangered, typically sells for around €13,000 ($15,250) on the black market. One such gibbon, named "Jimmy," ...

More than 30 commercial poultry farms in Germany have been forced to cull their animals following outbreaks of avian influenza, according to Germany's animal health institute on Sunday. According to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog in a shelter waits to be adopted. bojanstory/iStock.com/dpa "It's a rescue." That's ...

Customs staff revealed on Monday, July 14, that they found the animals at Cologne Bonn airport three weeks ago Hauptzollamt Koeln 1,500 tarantulas were found inside cake boxes at an airport in Germany ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being ...

Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days ago, we learned that Germany's Tiergarten Nurnberg zoo killed 12 ...