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CNNMoney: Tesla unveils its Model X SUV with 'falcon wings'updated: Fri Feb 10 2012 08:41:00

Tesla Motors on Thursday unveiled a new SUV that the automaker plans to put into production by 2014.

Victoria Falls ... without the bungee jumpingupdated: Mon Jan 16 2012 07:22:00

Video of a tourist plunging into the Zambezi River after her bungee cord snapped on New Year's Eve is enough to make anyone think twice before leaping from the Victoria Falls Bridge.

Once nearly extinct, the California condor nears new milestonesupdated: Tue Apr 26 2011 23:44:00

Almost 25 years after the California condor went extinct in the wild and dwindled to just 27 birds in captivity, North America's largest flying bird is on the verge of a watershed moment: Its total population is projected to hit 400 this spring, including 200 birds thriving in the wild.

Bald eagles hatch on cameraupdated: Wed Apr 06 2011 06:26:00

Eagle watch is almost over after two of three bald eagles hatch on camera.

Decapitated bald eagle found in Louisiana ditchupdated: Wed Apr 06 2011 06:26:00

A brutal, fatal case of suspected cruelty to animals is under investigation in Louisiana, the state's wildlife department said in a press release Tuesday.

Hatchlings foil bid to remove divebombing hawk from Florida treeupdated: Sat Apr 02 2011 13:53:00

Dud Gordon just can't seem to beat those birds.

Angry bird: Hawk divebombs retired general in his front yardupdated: Fri Apr 01 2011 14:35:00

Dud Gordon spent 32 years in the Army, advancing all the way from private to brigadier general. But now, 25 years into retirement, he has acquired a new and relentless enemy.

Baby bald eagles will hatch on live webcamupdated: Wed Mar 30 2011 10:01:00

Three bald eagles are expected to hatch in Decorah, Iowa, between March 30 and April 1 -- and you can watch it happen.

Gulf cheetah panic spotlights illegal animal tradeupdated: Thu Dec 30 2010 07:50:00

When a cheetah went walkabout in Sharjah earlier this month it caused widespread panic, reportedly surprising worshippers at a mosque before it was "arrested" and placed in an animal sanctuary.

People.com: Harry Potter Blamed for India's Owl Crisisupdated: Wed Nov 03 2010 18:28:00

The popular fantasy series has inspired families to keep the birds as pets, say animal-rights groups

Olympic sailors get help from a feathered friendupdated: Tue Nov 02 2010 09:17:00

He's feathered, fast and the newest recruit to Great Britain's Olympic sailing team.

New benchmark for endangered condorupdated: Thu Oct 07 2010 03:00:00

Biologists in California are celebrating a benchmark in the recovery of an iconic North American bird.

What connects Panama to UAE?updated: Mon Sep 20 2010 06:39:00

Connect the World continues its series of connecting two countries with one another. See what connects Panama and UAE.

Japanese manga heroes join fight to save Arabic cultureupdated: Fri Sep 10 2010 06:26:00

A gunshot echoes across the stadium as a robot bird, carrying a gold ring in its talons, swoops through the air, hotly pursued by a cast of falcons.

Ex-blacksmith hammers home green messageupdated: Wed Jul 14 2010 11:33:00

Yvon Chouinard opened up the old corrugated metal shed that sat in the middle of the work campus.

Brown pelican long a symbol of survivalupdated: Wed Jun 16 2010 08:03:00

Long before the brown pelican came to symbolize the tragedy of the Gulf oil spill, the giant bird stood for something much greater: survival against all odds.

Inside Abu Dhabi's state-of-the-art falcon hospitalupdated: Thu Jun 10 2010 06:00:00

There's a state-of-the-art hospital in Abu Dhabi where pampered patients stay in air-conditioned rooms and are fed a daily diet of quail -- and occasionally, mice.

We are all Gulf victims nowupdated: Fri Jun 04 2010 07:21:00

In some ways, a catastrophe of this magnitude could not have happened in a worse place. Or at a worse time of year.

Gulf birds drenched in oilupdated: Fri Jun 04 2010 07:21:00

CNN's Gary Tuchman reports on how birds and other sea life drenched in oil are being cared for.

Photographer of endangered wildlife in race against time, apathyupdated: Sat Apr 24 2010 10:21:00

Joel Sartore's photograph of gentle Bryn is a permanent record, but she has been lost forever.

Not-so-stupid animal tricksupdated: Fri Apr 02 2010 10:05:00

For centuries, philosophers claimed that the ability to make tools separated man from beast.

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