Meerly Easter

Three meerkat wait inside their enclosure prior to receiving an Easter egg containing meal worms at London Zoo, London, Thursday April 13, 2006. Meerkats are from Africa, south of the Kalahari Desert, and eat insects, small mammals, scorpions and snakes. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Source

Global Warmings First Victims

Two U.S. explorers plan to start a four-month summer expedition to the North Pole next month to gather information on the habitat of an animal they believe could be the first victim of global warming -- the polar bear. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters) Source

Powelliphanta Power Struggle

A powelliphanta augustus snail. Up to 250 powelliphanta augustus snails -- only discovered in 1996 -- living on a mountainous ridge containing five million tonnes of coal were given their marching orders by the New Zealand government after an eight-month battle between conservationists and a mining company.(AFP/OFF/File) Source

Benett's Wallaby

A baby Benett's Wallaby is seen in its mother's pouch at a zoo in Tokyo March 26, 2006. Visitors enjoyed watching the animal indigenous to Australia. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Source