One night in late November, there was a loud explosion. The sky flashed white. Yura didn’t know what the sound was. She only ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian embassies and consulates in six European countries have received packages containing animals' eyes in recent days, a Ukrainian official said Friday. Foreign Ministry ...

An animal sanctuary is trying to raise $100,000 in order to move the young female lynx to safety as soon as possible. The ...

On a special episode (first released on May 15, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: It has now been over two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. As the people of Ukraine fled their homes, many were forced ...

The war in Ukraine has upended the lives of millions of people. It’s also disrupted the lives of an untold number of animals, both pets and zoo animals. An upcoming episode of Nature on PBS, “Saving ...

KYIV, Ukraine – As millions of people escaped war-torn Ukraine, one woman made it her mission to rescue the country’s abandoned pets and zoo animals. Natalia Popova converted her equestrian ranch on ...

KHERSON, Ukraine — The rescue volunteer holds out his hand, but the dog, stranded on a floating island of debris in a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding, is too traumatized to approach.

Animal–human interactions occur in many different venues, including wars. Numerous domestic and wild nonhuman animals (animals) are victims of war during and after a conflict has ended, and the ...

Over the past year, the keepers at the Kazkova Dibrova zoo in southern Ukraine battled to safeguard their charges under Russian occupation. The park surrounding the zoo was mined and access routes ...