A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the ...

Virginia Zoo announced the name of the December-born baby pygmy hippo as "Poppy," to which the internet reacted by saying, ...

As night fell across a nature reserve in China, a “large” creature emerged from the forest and climbed onto an old house.

The famed pygmy hippo even received an upgraded zoo enclosure from Canadian cryptocurrency billionaire Vitalik Buterin, who donated more than $290,000 to Moo Deng’s zoo in Thailand so he could be her ...

Semisulcospira egretta, named after the city bird of Xiamen, the egret, was discovered by researchers in a stream during a survey of gastropods in the genus, according to a study published Jan. 2 in ...

The cute creatures are chatty, family oriented—and facing a shrinking habitat in the remote forests of Ecuador ...

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards crowned the funniest animal photos of the year. In its tenth year, the CWPA hopes that by showcasing wildlife's humour, conversations on conservation can occur.

Some plants have evolved amazing behaviors that mimic those of animals, blurring the line between the plant and animal kingdoms. These extraordinary plants respond to their environment in ways ...

But biologists were amazed to see Californian ground squirrels chasing and killing voles in predatory behaviour never before recorded in the animals. Experts say it fundamentally changes their ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The capybara – a South American relative of the guinea pig -- is the latest in a long line of “it ...