Reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals are all vulnerable to the disease, UC Davis wildlife experts say. A report released today by wildlife health experts at the University of California, Davis, ...

Off the back roads of Miami-Dade, an unsolved mystery lingers amid quiet farmland. It began when a planter spotted a small crocodile near a canal in March 2011. But it wasn't just any croc. It was one ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - State wildlife officials have given their agents a rare order to shoot to kill in the hunt for a young and potentially dangerous Nile crocodile loose near Miami. The Nile crocodile, ...

A Nile crocodile measuring an astonishing 21 feet has been recorded as the largest ever. Researchers in Africa are amazed by this record-breaking apex predator.

As West Nile virus continues to be a concern in the Pittsburgh area, wildlife rehabbers are seeing an uptick in sick birds. Within the last few weeks, Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh's Wildlife ...

West Nile virus emerged in North America in 1999. Historically, this virus spanned Africa, the Middle East and much of India and Australia. West Nile virus was traditionally associated with mild ...

Wildlife biologists are being bugged about the prospects of West Nile virus expanding its deathly influence over wildlife and birds. Especially at risk are members of the Corvidae family, which ...

The Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance in Sedalia has only been around for a year, and has already helped over 1,000 animals. The wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center serves all kinds of animals, ...

Florida faces a growing threat from Nile monitors, an invasive lizard species. These aggressive reptiles are establishing ...

FLORIDA — A non-native reptile is killing Florida wildlife, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said it will start hunting to get them under control. Wildlife officials said Nile monitor ...

The Nile, the subject of the opening chapter of the “Rivers of Life” (begins Wednesday, 8 p.m., PBS), is arguably the most complex and crowded of the great rivers taken up in this three-part series.