When related animals produce offspring, the young can be affected by physical abnormalities and health problems. We explain why.

The Barbary lion once ruled North Africa as the largest and most impressive of all lion subspecies, but its fate […] ...

Learn why sardines vanished, leaving tens of thousands of African penguins starving during their annual moult along South Africa’s coast.

“Take the short hop over to Barbuda for its blush-pink sands and the famous low-tide sweep of Princess Diana Beach, then ...

Atmos reports on an effort to rewild southern Namibia, reintroducing wildlife to restore the ecosystem after decades of loss.

Columnist Gerald Winegrad shares some of his most extraordinary, and sometimes perilous, wildlife encounters during his ...

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

Zoo Knoxville is pleased to welcome Mokolo, an adult male giraffe who has recently joined the zoo’s Grasslands Africa habitat ...

Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic ...

A wildlife park near Swindon is celebrating the "unexpected" birth of a new rhino. White Rhino Ruby has given birth to a new ...

Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees. Here's how staff are managing their care.

Researchers tracked endangered African penguins in South Africa and compared their movements with fishing boat activity from ...