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Elephants at the Island Safari Center in Koh Samui, Thailand are learning how to play basketball. Although it takes two to three months of training before they can shoot a basket, their carers believe that playing basketball is good for the elephants' overall health.

HUAI KHA KHEANG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Thailand -- After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves.

NELSON, New Zealand — More than 125 whales have died in two separate strandings in New Zealand, conservation officials said Monday.

BUENGCHAWARK, Thailand -- For aquarium worker Kamla Maneegan, painting baby crocodiles to look like crowd-pleasing giant pandas is more than just a job -- it's a point of national pride.

PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA—Deputies responded to a residential burglary in progress in the East Lake area of north Pinellas County Saturday about 1 p.m. after a citizen called reporting the window of a neighbor’s house was smashed and the curtains were blowing.