Each birth matters for a species that vanished from the wild after years of adverse effects from human activity.
Chester Zoo’s endangered giant otter triplets make their swimming debut as part of a conservation breeding program designed to support the threatened species.
When a rare but deadly rodent-borne virus struck passengers on a cruise ship and seemed to be spreading, there were no ...
WTOP’s Matt Kaufax gets the rare opportunity to go behind the scenes to play with fennec foxes at the Smithsonian’s National ...
A fossil found in what’s now northwestern China belonged to a microraptor, a gliding dinosaur that hunted ancient birds.
This 20-year-old corridor, first in Los Angeles County, gives animals a safer path, and environmentalists reason to celebrate ...
Two chicks hatched this spring at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the Zoo's conservation science campus in ...
Learn how animal scat reveals DNA insights on species, population size, diet, and movement—helping scientists protect ...
A rare endangered horse was recently born at the Bronx Zoo, making it one of fewer than 2,000 Przewalski’s horses estimated ...
This not-so-little corner of the world is only accessible by plane or boat.
The foal was born on April 21 and is now romping around with the rest of the herd in the zoo's seasonal Wild Asia Monorail ...
A rare type of Lyme disease caused by B. mayonii bacteria was found for the first time in New York state. It was previously ...