Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

A “magnificent” giraffe died in a freak accident on New Year’s Day when he got his head stuck in a door while roving around his habitat at the Toronto Zoo. Staff at the popular attraction called the ...

Scientists now have direct evidence that a planet — not just failed stars — can rove the galaxy after a violent expulsion from its orbit. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / R. Hurt illustration Astronomers ...

On Friday, the zoo shared photos of Alki the otter celebrating his birthday. Marine mammal keepers set up special decorations to make sure his day was special. A sea otter at the Pittsburgh Zoo has ...

PITTSBURGH — A sea otter at the Pittsburgh Zoo has turned 20. On Friday, the zoo shared photos of Alki the otter celebrating his birthday. Marine mammal keepers set up special decorations to make sure ...

Zoo Miami reopened to staff and visitors on Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat earlier in the day forced law enforcement to evacuate the facility. "The security sweep at Zoo Miami has been ...

An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Earth isn’t a perfect sphere. The rotation of our planet causes it to bulge ever ...

A dozen sea turtles rescued from New England are recovering at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. The zoo said the Kemp's ridley sea turtles are being rehabilitated in Pittsburgh after they washed up ...

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo welcomed tens of thousands of visitors during the opening weekend of the new Congo Falls exhibit from Friday to Sunday. This is the first time gorillas have been seen ...

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Are they cute? Maybe a little scary? What we know for sure is that there are three more of them at the San Diego Zoo, which announced this week that a fossa had given birth to a litter of pups, who ...