Wildlife

Three people missing as bushfires destroy homes in Australia's southeast

Three people are unaccounted for as bushfires continue to devastate Victoria, Australia, with 30 active blazes and catastrophic fire conditions. Firefighters battle intense heat and winds.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reacts during a briefing during a visit to the Australian Government National Situation Room in Canberra, Australia, January 9, 2026.
A white-tailed ptarmigan in a snowy meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Colorado’s color-changing wildlife face new risks as snow vanishes

Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Neptune Islands, South Australia, Indian Ocean.

Scientists warn great white sharks in danger of disappearing from Meditteranean

Shalom, the softshelled turtle rescued from the Jordan River.

Extremely rare softshelled turtle Shalom rescued from Jordan River after becoming entangled in wire


North America bird flu outbreak continues to spread

New cases of avian influenza have been reported in domestic flocks in New York and Indiana.

 A closed road leading to a chicken farm is seen after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England February 3, 2015.

Global wildlife population declines could be worse than we imagined - study

A new Israeli study is especially pessimistic about the current state and future of wildlife populations. 

 A group of meerkats.

First sloth born in Middle East to have gender reveal Jan 29

The sloth, which was born on October 16, 2021, has yet to be revealed to the general public.

 The Green Planet – Dubai's baby sloth, the first of its kind born in the Middle East.

Polar bears eating reindeer: normal behavior or result of climate change?

Climate change may be forcing polar bears to change their diets, researchers have found.

POLAR BEARS are seen within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Bird flu outbreak spreads, Bennett instructs close tracking

After hundreds of thousands of hens were put to death, bird flu killed thousands of cranes in one of Israel's worst wildlife disasters in its history.

Cranes gather during the migration season on a foggy morning at Hula Nature Reserve, in northern Israel, November 17, 2020.

Wildlife poisoning bill passes first reading with Joint List MK support

The bill passed 59-50, with support coming from Joint List MK Osama Saadi. Likud MK Gila Gamliel, who previously served as environmental protection minister, did not show up to vote.

Several tons of tar which floated onto Israel's shores from an unknown source have already caused massive damage to local wildlife, and threaten to contaminate the local groundwater.

More endangered Israeli vultures found poisoned to death in the South

This brings the number of killed vultures to 12, effectively cutting the Israeli population down by 6%.

An endangered vulture is found dead from poisoning in Israel's South, on October 27, 2021.

Endangered Israeli vultures killed in malicious poisoning attack

The carcasses of 9 vultures, accounting for almost 5% of Israel's vulture population, were discovered in southern Israel on Sunday afternoon after they ingested poisoned goat meat.

Nature and Parks Authority investigators discovered the remains of nine endangered vultures in southern Israel after they were poisoned and killed, October 24, 2021

US to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct

Each of the 23 species represents a permanent loss to America's natural heritage.

Tel Aviv’s Eretz Israel Museum presents Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

Australia lost a third of its koalas in three years

Besides the impact of drought and fires, land clearing by property developers and road builders has destroyed the iconic marsupial's habitat.

 An injured koala is treated at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, at the Wildlife Emergency Response Centre in Parndana, Kangaroo Island, Australia January 19, 2020.