Four new portraits have gone up at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, showcasing this year’s recipients of the ...

On a trip to the arctic town of Churchill, Manitoba, I joined the trend of taking trips to see threatened places and animals ...

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

"Why do albino animals have red eyes?" Producer Felix Poon went looking for the answers. This has been lightly edited for clarity.

Forcing a Somerset reindeer ranch to be classed as a zoo is "nonsensical" and could "destroy" the business, an MP has said.

Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees. Here's how staff are managing their care.

Her MP, Sarah Dyke, has called for a “common sense” change in the law, because the animals are “not the same as tigers and ...

At the Oregon Zoo in Portland, thousands of animals representing hundreds of vibrant species live on 64 forested acres in ...

Animals at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo will unwrap their holiday gifts on Sunday, December 21 at the Holidays with the Animals enrichment event. Visitors are invited to watch an array of animal species – ...

The Detroit Zoo this week announced the birth of three lion cubs to first-time mom Amirah, a 9-year-old African lioness housed at the zoo. "She has been wonderfully calm, attentive and nurturing, ...

After Shawn Dixon finished college with a criminal justice degree, he packed up his pickup and drove from Sacramento to Alaska. He had planned to stay a summer to enjoy the natural beauty of the 49th ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — Massive amounts of snowfall on Saturday may have been stressful for Chicagoland drivers, but for Brown Bears named Tim and Polar Bears known as Amelia and Hudson at the ...