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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A corporate park next to Interstate 95, a landfill and a set of retention ponds along Florida's Turnpike are among the unlikely wildlife refuges that have become vital to many species in South Florida.Wildlife experts tell the Sun Sentinel that with suburban sprawl, species such as migratory bird...

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Australian wildlife experts are celebrating after what is believed to be the best humpback whale breeding season for 50 years.

Wildlife experts are making one last effort to save the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, believed extinct in the wild since mid-2004.

The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit in North America, and can fit in a person's hand.

Conservationists are gathering in Russia to save wild tigers from extinction. "The decline of tigers has been going on for the last 100-150 years in its most steepest form," said Wildlife Conservation Society director Joe Walston.

Global wildlife experts and officials from 13 countries opened a "tiger summit" on Sunday to discuss how to save the big cats whose numbers have shrunk so sharply they could become extinct if quick measures are not taken.

Wisconsin wildlife experts are trying to get smart on cougars. Department of Natural Resources officials say DNA tests have confirmed the presence of four cougars in Wisconsin, all males, within the last two years.

A 17-month-old tiger escaped from the back of a pick-up truck while it was being driven to a veterinary clinic in South Africa, triggering a helicopter search by police and wildlife experts.

Wildlife experts say there's evidence wolves are breeding in the northern Lower Peninsula, a century after their extermination.

Wildlife experts say they are seeing near-record numbers of sea turtle nests this year along part of the South Carolina coast.

A pair of swans accused of attacking river users could be banished following a request to wildlife experts.