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An attempt to protect a rhinoceros from poachers in South Africa by sedating it to treat its horn ended with the animal's death Thursday in front of journalists and others who had been invited to learn more about anti-poaching efforts, conservationists said.

Eighty-eight years after the last gray wolf in California was killed, a young male has crossed into the state from Oregon, igniting much teeth-gnashing among ranchers, optimism among conservationists and new headaches for state officials.

An international non-profit society dedicated to protecting marine mammals says it is using drones to monitor a Japanese whaling fleet in the south Pacific.

A coalition of conservationists and wild-horse activists is suing the government to block its implementation of a precedent-setting plan to castrate hundreds of wild stallions in eastern Nevada.

ANOI, Vietnam - Interpol has launched a campaign to help save the world's last wild tigers in the 13 Asian countries where they still exist, winning praise from conservationists.

Conservationists asked a federal court on Monday to stop wolf hunts under way in Idaho and Montana until judges rule on an appeal that seeks to restore federal protections to the animals in the two states.

Conservationists and anglers have responded to news of the 10 most improved rivers in England and Wales with a warning that many waterways are still under threat.

The sighting of two otters in Kent has delighted conservationists, who once feared that the iconic mammal could be lost from England's waterways forever.

Conservationists say they have discovered the largest population of a critically endangered primate living in central Vietnam.

Responding for the first time to a lawsuit by conservationists, the U.S. Forest Service says the threat of another major wildfire like the one that destroyed 250 homes at Lake Tahoe four years ago outweighs any concerns that its plans to log much of what's left of the burned forest would harm a rare woodpecker or other wildlife.