Leather handbags and chunks of red meat: when wildlife specialists find these items in shipping containers, luggage, or local markets, they can now use newly published genetic sequences known as "DNA barcodes" to pinpoint the species of origin.

Mosquitoes with the potential to carry diseases lethal to many unique species of Galapagos wildlife are being regularly introduced to the islands via aircraft, according to new research published today.

This evening ABC is showing The Outsiders. It's a documentary that shows two people who choose to live with Lions in Africa. It's a very interesting show and raises awareness about Afrida's lions the numbers of which have diminished drastically.

While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

Nestled just off the east coast of Australia, picturesque North Stradbroke Island is a haven for local wildlife. Yet some of the inhabitants of the island's creeks and swamps are far from peaceful. Slender crayfish are aggressive territorial creatures, explains ecologist Robbie Wilson of the University of Queensland, Australia.

When you think of the bald eagle, it makes you think of freedom. The bald eagle has been this country's national bird since 1782.

Here in the St. Louis, Missouri area we are fortunate enough to host several thousand wintering bald eagles once a year. There are tours and festivals just to celebrate the arrival of the bald eagle.

A synthetic chemical version of what male sea lampreys use to attract spawning females can lure them into traps and foil the mating process of the destructive invasive species, according to Michigan State University scientists.

You'd think that if scientists were to discover a new species, it would be in some remote, uncharted tropical forest, not a laboratory in New York. But a team from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History has done the unexpected.

Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2008 have been announced today. American photographer Steve Winter was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year in a ceremony held at the Natural History Museum last night.

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study showing that American toads who pal around with gray tree frogs reduce their chances of parasitic infections known to cause limb malformations has strong implications for the benefits of biodiversity on emerging wildlife diseases.

A new UC Davis study says that people trying to help nature by designing corridors for wildlife need to think more naturally.

Volunteers who take part in conservation efforts may do it more for themselves than the wildlife they are trying to protect, a University of Alberta case study shows.