The Dallas Zoo has launched a new initiative designed to make memberships more accessible to families across North Texas. As part of the institution’s “Zoo For All” program, families who participate ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...