An Irishman linked to a criminal clan pleaded guilty today to charges he used forged documents to sell horns from endangered black rhinos to a New York collector for more than £30,000.

An Irishman used forged documents to sell horns from endangered black rhinos to a New York collector for $50,000 (€37,000), prosecutors said yesterday.

IN Claxton, Georgia, USA, the annual rattlesnake roundup is being transformed into a “rattlesnake and wildlife festival”.

Three environmental groups are suing the US government, seeking to protect polar bears from extinction because of disappearing Arctic sea ice.

A woman kept about 200 creatures – including alligators, scorpions and beetles - in an apartment in Milwaukee.