Animals

‘World’s saddest elephant’ dies in Manila Zoo after over 40 years in solitary confinement

Mali, the captive female elephant in the Philippines dubbed by advocates as the “world’s saddest elephant,” has died at the Manila Zoo after spendin...

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Elephant herd tramples car after it hits calf along a highway in Malaysia

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11 countries sign declaration to halt extinction of world’s 6 remaining river dolphin species

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Xi Jinping suggests pandas may be sent to California as symbol of China-US ‘friendship’

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Cats, dogs receive blessings in Japan as part of unique coming-of-age tradition

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China creates world’s first chimeric monkey with fluorescent eyes, fingertips

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