Families who participate in Texas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Women, Infants, and Children programs can ...

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 ...

The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A ...

For some parents in Nepal, child-rearing involves competing to have their daughters selected and sequestered as living ...

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more ...

And, researchers have just discovered, ancient bees would use the bones’ empty tooth sockets as nests. A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents this discovery, which ...

Since we can’t talk to them, most folks' knowledge of animals begins and ends with some biology classes and maybe a pet, ...

Thankfully, prosecutors in the case of Robert Berndt did not submit video evidence as part of their court filing. The Philadelphia man was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison this week for his ...

AZ Animals is a growing team of animals experts, researchers, farmers, conservationists, writers, editors, and -- of course - ...

The new nature docuseries "Born to Be Wild" follows six rare baby animals and captures what their lives turn out to be like.

Researchers announced over 70 new species in a single year, including bizarre insects, ancient dinosaurs, rare mammals, and ...

From an elusive jaguar to an industrious beaver, photographers captured iconic animal moments around the world.