A zoo in Switzerland said winter storms allowed two red pandas to escape their enclosure and one of the animals wandered all the way into nearby woodlands.

January is a big month for historic events in DC, but the debut of two new pandas at the National Zoo is perhaps the biggest highlight for Washingtonians. Bears Bao Li and Qing Bao will finally meet ...

Hawaiʻi has been called ground zero for the loss of biodiversity – or a healthy mix of species, genetic heritage, and ecosystems. Of the nearly 1,300 species protected under the U.S. Endangered ...

It's almost cookie time! Girl Scouts San Diego kicked off the 2025 season with a visit to the San Diego Zoo Wednesday to ...

Critics say the animal is neither part of the national identity nor an attraction for tourists to visit Malaysia.

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

Several inches of snowfall kept the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute closed to visitors this week. But the animals and their caretakers still had a good time!

The Andean bear is also known as the spectacled bear because of the rings of light or white fur around the eyes, which often ...

Crested ibises were once widely distributed across East Asia, but were believed to have disappeared from the Korean Peninsula ...

Pandas also could become a poster animal for the threat of nutrient dilution ... in their intestines to extract nutrients from high-fiber food. Grazers like these endangered Grevy’s zebras in Kenya ...

From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.

Across the hall is an X-ray image of an endangered beaded lizard from ... to just how much he connects with the animals in his care. Now, like a dad with kids in college, Rivera checks up on the ...