Pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, known for his creative sermon series, will be hosting a "Dog Days" event that will feature pet adoptions on the last weekend of April.

"At Fellowship Church, we love dogs! And we know there is a special bond between people and their pets. My wife and I have several dogs of our own. We love animals. We are excited about partnering with people and who share God's standard and respect for animals. And we're excited to invite the entire community to bring their dogs to church this weekend," Young said.

The annual "Dog Days" event will take place on the weekend of April 27 and 28, when Fellowship Church will partner with local pet adoption organizations, aiming to find homes for animals in need. more >>

Wildlife documentaries should show more homosexual activity in the animal kingdom, an academic study complains.

These documentaries should be showing "a wider perspective on animal behavior," Dr. Brett Mills says, according to The Independent.

Mills, a senior lecturer at the School of Film, Television and Media Studies and the University of East Anglia in Norfolk, U.K., published his study, "The animals went in two by two: Heteronormativity in television wildlife documentaries," in the February 2013, issue of the European Journal of Cultural Studies. more >>

Wild African elephants are in great danger with their numbers rapidly declining due to extensive poaching, and could be gone from the continent's plains almost entirely within five years, unless people start paying attention to these issues, a wildlife expert has warned.

"The elephant population in Africa is presently declining at an alarming rate," said Dr Eivin Roskaft from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, according to BBC Nature.

"The world must find interest in it, if not there will be very few or no elephants in Africa in about five to six years." more >>

Evolutionary biologist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins has had a new genus of fish in Sri Lanka named after him after a researcher credited the British atheist for his "rational explanations" of the universe.

The fish, which had been previously classified under the genus Puntius before given their own distinction, were identified by lead researcher Rohan Pethiyagoda, an ichthyologist and internationally acclaimed conservationist. The sea animals in question are found only in South Asia, and have distinctive long filaments that trail from the dorsal fins of males.

"Richard Dawkins has through his writings helped us understand that the universe is far more beautiful and awe-inspiring than any religion has imagined," Pethiyagoda expressed on Monday. more >>

The last of the Pinta Island tortoises Lonesome George died on Sunday.

Staff the Galapagos Park in Ecuador believe the giant tortoise was about 100 years old, and they are currently investigating the cause of death.

Lonesome George, known as the rarest creature in the world, did not have any offspring and no known individuals from his subspecies are left. more >>

One of the most elusive creatures of the deep ocean was found floating on the surface off the coast of southeastern Australia.

The chance encounter was afforded to a fishing columnist with the Australian publication the Daily Telegraph.

Al McGlashan, author of The Fishing Bible and an avid fisherman, was amazed that he happened to see the giant squid which has long been part of fishing lore. more >>