The best friendships are the ones that transcend our differences, and no pairing could illustrate this more than the closeness between one w...

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist who taught the world about chimpanzees and their striking similarities to humans, has died at t...

What You Need to Know  The risk of animals spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to people is low.  The virus can spread fro...

Let’s just say that Thumbelina was special from the beginning. Because of her unusual birth and the loss of her sister, she had to grow up a...

A number of animals worldwide have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, including pets like cats and dogs, farmed mink, and la...

WASHINGTON — A rare owl has been spotted touring the iconic monuments of Washington, D.C. for the last week, bringing out bird enthusiasts a...

Every week during the summer of 2018, a woman bought 10 cases of apples, 50 pounds of carrots and dozens of eggs. The food was for bears, Ca...

  Although many refer to a member of this group as a 'praying mantis,' mantis refers to the genus Mantis. Only some praying mantids ...

Countries around the world were eliminating single-use plastics and slowly starting to reduce plastic pollution, but it all went out the win...

  Although they are from the same family as butterflies, moths are pesky and annoying insects that are certainly not as cute or light on the...

A tiny Mockingbird that doesn’t even have a name recently ended up with the California Wildlife Center. They rescued him and took him in a...

BEIJING (AP) — China cracked down on the sale of exotic species after an outbreak of a new virus in 2002 was linked to markets selling liv...

Consider the risks to your health, the earth and the animals Turtles may seem like low-maintenance pets, but those about to rush out and...

A young two-headed Eastern Copperhead was found in Northern Virginia. The finder emailed the Virginia Herpetological Society for identific...

Thousand Oaks, California - National Park Service researchers discovered a litter of four mountain lion kittens, but they are suspected to...

Photographing wildlife in Namibia isn’t easy. It’s fraught with challenges, hardships, setbacks and stress. But the southern African natio...

Photographing wildlife in Namibia isn’t easy. It’s fraught with challenges, hardships, setbacks and stress. But the southern African natio...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and five conservation groups are offering a $15,500 reward for information about the killing of a feder...

WASHINGTON — Since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico about one month ago, a team of scientists has trekked daily into El Yunque National For...

Big Sur, California - In a remote, rugged valley overlooking the Pacific Ocean, researchers closely monitor an endangered icon: the Califo...