Brevard Zoo goes to great lengths to keep its exotic animals, from sea turtles to sloths and Komodo dragons, warm during ...

Ruby is on her own in a stall as she prepares for her baby's birth. But zoo staff are keeping a close eye on the new mom.

Overfishing and ecosystem disruption are leaving African penguins without enough food to survive. Their suffering signals a broader collapse in the ocean food web, but new policies and conservation ...

Endangered African wild dogs in Botswana’s Okavango Delta were observed eating fruit for the first time, suggesting ...

A female Asian elephant calf has been born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, DC, the first in almost a quarter of a century.

Just a week after a giraffe gave birth, Utah's Hogle Zoo announced it's gorilla is expecting a newborn ...

The baby was born on Monday, Feb. 2, at 1:15 a.m. ET. Watch as she walks with some assistance from caretakers.

A female Asian elephant calf was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father Spike at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

While most animals manage to avoid inbreeding through scent recognition or by leaving their packs, others (such as those ...