German nature specialist Markus Port loves his job protecting the lynx. "It's a great feeling when you open the door and release the animal into the vastness of the Thuringian Forest," he says of the ...

Germany prides itself on its high animal welfare standards, enshrined as a national objective in its constitution since 2002. Yet animal welfare organizations fear the government is stepping back from ...

BERLIN (AP) — Animal transports were banned in a state surrounding Berlin on Saturday and the capital’s two zoos closed as a precaution after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being ...

Scientists studying an amber collection from the Goethe National Museum in the German town of Weimar have made a remarkable ...