The commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet, with more than two million seals violently killed during the past decade alone.

The mass shelling and bombing of Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv led to fears that its animals would have to be euthanized. But now an “incredible” public response has helped to rescue more than 80 animals already.

Behind the characteristic dolphin ‘smile’ is a world of cruelty. Could robotic dolphins be a solution to ending the trade and saving these marine animals from a lifetime of captivity?

Wolves are facing grave threats from new laws that allow hunters to viciously trap and kill an unlimited number of these caring, intelligent animals.

The historic decision came as the country’s highest court heard the case of a woolly monkey named Estrellita.

To the joy of conservationists, a female Sumatran rhino has just been born in a captive-breeding program in Indonesia.

If passed, the ‘Jane Goodall Act’ will help protect over 800 captive species, outlaw ‘Tiger King’-style venues, and phase out the keeping of elephants in captivity.

Conservationists and animal advocates applaud the decision that will “protect bear cubs from being orphaned by a reckless spring hunt”.

Millions of donkeys are slaughtered for their skins and exported every year to meet the demand for ejiao - a gelatin-based ingredient, made from boiling the hides of donkeys.

Over 7,000 audio recordings of pigs’ barks, grunts and squeals were analyzed, with scientists now able to decode and understand the emotions behind each sound.

Greg Gianforte has caused outrage after hunting and killing a collared mountain lion outside Yellowstone National Park.

Ammunition from hunters is driving the problem, as eagles eat shot and discarded carcasses that contain tiny lead balls from used bullets.

Whales are facing ‘alarming threats’ from fishing gear and ghost nets, a new WWF report warns.

Scientists have observed wild chimpanzees applying crushed insects to the wounds of themselves and others, including a mother chimpanzee treating her son’s injured foot.

The female saltwater crocodile has been rescued after living with a wheel tire around her neck for over half a decade.

The “monumental victory” will see gray wolves across most of the continental United States regain federal protections, with campaigners hoping that wolves in the Northern Rockies will be next.

Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to make it illegal to capture, entangle, or kill any species of shark.

The animal has only been seen in the wild a handful of times.

As hunters continue to decimate gray wolf populations in the Northern Rockies, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland faces growing criticism for refusing to enact emergency protection for the species.

The Faroe Islands faces international condemnation as its infamous annual whaling season begins with the “largest single killing of dolphins in the islands’ history”.