JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants. By ...

Only a skull and a pair of trousers remained after a suspected rhino poacher was killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions in Kruger National Park, South African National Parks said. Only a skull ...

While American environmentalists focus primarily on saving field mice and frustrating development and energy production on the home front, there’s a growing need for genuine conservation and ...

Kenya’s tourism industry faces a gloomy future if the current killing of elephants is not contained. This scale of illegal ivory trade was demonstrated early this year when a gang of heavily armed ...

Five suspected poachers entered Kruger National Park in South Africa last week to kill rhino living there, according to authorities. Only four of the men left alive. The fifth was killed by an ...

A suspected rhino poacher was trampled to death Sunday by a herd of breeding elephants as he fled rangers at a South African national park. Rangers at Kruger National Park said they were on a routine ...

Maasai Mara, Kenya: Poachers have killed a male black rhino in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and removed its horns. The rhino, which had in December last year been ear-notched and a microchip installed ...

The lions reportedly left "very little remains." A poacher hunting rhinos in a huge game reserve was trampled to death by an elephant and eaten by a pride of lions. The dad was part of a group of ...