Animal News

9:03 AM EST
2/10/2012 Dead lizard disrupts phone service in western NepalA dead lizard has disrupted more than 1,000 telephone lines in Nepal's western district for a week, reports Nepal’s national news agency, RSS.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Animal, Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Telecommunication Service

9:29 AM EST
2/2/2012 Six more weeks of winter predicted after Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadowEvery Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil makes the most anticipated weather forecast of the year:whether winter will linger longer or an early spring is on tap. This year, he predicts six more weeks of winter.

Source:AHN Topics:Weather, Forecast, Human Interest, Animal

1:54 PM EST
1/13/2012 Netherlands seal sanctuary swamped with orphaned seal pupsA seal sanctuary in the Netherlands has been overwhelmed with hundreds of seals that have washed ashore due to storms and disease. Most of the 360 seals are orphaned pups, apparently separated from their mothers in heavy seas off the Dutch north coast.

Source:AHN Topics:Environmental Issue, Nature, Human Interest, Animal, Good

8:02 AM EST
1/12/2012 U.S. scientists find smallest known vertebrateA team of scientists from the United States reported this week that they discovered a frog in New Guinea that is the world’s smallest known vertebrate.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Animal Science, Human Interest, Animal

8:23 AM EST
1/5/2012 Wild elephants kill three in NepalThree women were killed and one critically injured when a herd of wild elephants went on a rampage in a village in the Jhapa district of eastern Nepal Thursday morning.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Animal, Environmental Issue, People, Human Mishap

7:17 AM EST
1/3/2012 Arkansas town probes 'intentional' New Year's blackbird deathsAuthorities in southern Arkansas are investigating the deaths of hundreds of red-winged blackbirds during New Year celebrations over the weekend. Police and officials from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission believe the die-off happened around midnight on Saturday after someone purposefully set off fireworks near the birds' roost.

Source:AHN Topics:Environmental Issue, Nature, Human Interest, Animal, Disaster And Accident, Pollution

11:27 AM EST
12/30/2011 First gray wolf in 80 years enters CaliforniaA solitary gray wolf being tracked by authorities wandered across the state line from Oregon into California at noon on Wednesday, becoming the first gray wolf in the state in 80 years.

Source:AHN Topics:Environmental Issue, Nature, Population, Human Interest, Animal

8:26 AM EST
12/30/2011 Australian toddler escapes attack by large pythonA 2-year-old boy in northern Australia barely escaped a brush with death after a python bit him and tried to suffocate him.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Emergency Incident, Human Interest, Animal

9:10 AM EST
12/28/2011 Cheetah, famed chimp of Tarzan movies, dies at 80A chimpanzee famous as the sidekick of Tarzan, played by Johnny Weismuller in the 1930s, has died at an animal preserve in Florida at age 80 of kidney failure.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Human Interest, Animal

7:19 AM EST
12/28/2011 International elephant competition concluded in NepalNepal’s southern city, Chitwan, Sauraha, famous as a tourist attraction, successfully ended the eighth edition of the international elephant race on Wednesday, a competition found only in Nepal.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Animal, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Festive Event