Wildlife trafficking is a growing international problem, and reptiles are especially vulnerable because of a high demand in ...

Four adorable western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise babies are now on display at Philadelphia Zoo after their 100-year-old 'Mommy' reproduced for the first time.

After years of being known only as the adorable, khaki-clad, younger brother to Bindi, overnight Robert Irwin was transformed ...

Australia’s giant Protemnodon kangaroos didn’t die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat ...

Sydney's beloved Asian elephant pair is preparing for a new life with a herd on the plains of South Australia.

Two maned wolves, Cora and Rio, have joined the lineup of animals at the San Diego Zoo as part of the Species Survival Plan Program, and can be seen in Northern Frontier next to the 4D Theater.

The animals, two lambs and two alpacas, were part of a mobile petting zoo initiative run by Diane Strong through her nonprofit organization, Spurs Academy. "Coming out of my home and seeing that ...

ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo announced Thursday that one of its oldest animals had died. Othello, a centenarian Aldabra giant tortoise, was humanely euthanized on Tuesday due to declining ...

The new Barry H. Ostrowsky Animal Wellness Center at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo opened Tuesday. The 10,000-square-foot building provides updated and expanded accommodations for the care of the ...

She said: "This is exciting to us because it confirms that the genes and gene families that we identified using our comparative genomics approach really do cause an animal to have a woolly coat ...

These are some of the distressing scenes confronting tourists at Beijing Zoo, where concerns are mounting over the treatment and welfare of the animals. Edina Delic, from Dublin, spoke with Metro ...