Calling all 196 countries on Earth -- it's time to band together, stop this senseless slaughter and impose stiff 100-year jail terms for anyone involved in trafficking ivory, rhino horns or big cat parts.

Because the world's most imperiled species are sometimes found in the world's most dangerous places, the combustible mix of focused altruism and local desperation can collide and result in horrific tragedy.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A state in western India has declared war on animal poaching by allowing forest guards to shoot hunters on sight in an effort to cu...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Nighttime deer poachers beware – that shadowy creature on the side of the road may just be remote-controlled. State wildlife ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's wildlife authority says poachers have begun poisoning watering holes, killing nine elephants and at least five lions in...

NAIROBI, Kenya — A group of poachers have killed a southern white rhino, an endangered species whose worldwide population is estimated at just 1...

AP: JAKARTA, Indonesia -- At least 15 endangered Sumatran elephants have been shot or poisoned to death with cyanide-laced fruit this year, marking a...

At feeding time, it's not just the odd pint of milk that's needed for these hungry mouths - it's gallons. Every one of these elephant calves lost i...