Hundreds of endangered tadpoles are growing up in a nursery in Long Beach, California, in the United States. Their carers have one goal: help them become ...

Ten lions have been found dead in a protected wildlife area in northern Tanzania. Authorities suspect the animals may have been poisoned. The lions were ...

Indonesia wants to bring home five young orangutans found in a forest in eastern India. Authorities are investigating suspected wildlife trafficking. The ...

Thousands of people will be allowed to kill alligators for sport in the US state of Louisiana this October, under a new recreational hunting programme. ...

A 23-year-old python at Chester Zoo in the UK is cancer-free after vets used a treatment normally used in humans to fight a tumor that was destroying part ...

Nine dolphins are still living in concrete swimming pools at a closed dolphin facility in Cancún, Mexico. A year after the country approved a major ban on ...

An adult southern right whale and a newborn calf have been found dead near Dyer Island, off South Africa’s coast. Researchers believe the adult whale may ...

Three lions have died at Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo, Japan, after several animals became seriously ill during the recent heatwave. The first signs of ...

The Animal Reader is an independent news platform based in the Netherlands that shares daily news updates about animals and their environment. Fifteen ...

Support The Animal ReaderMost animal suffering never makes the news. When there is a flood, an earthquake, or a wildfire, we read about the people who were ...