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!

Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My ...

The popular Conophytum, Lithops and Tylecodon are part of the group of rare and aesthetically unique succulents which are now ...

Zookeepers at London Zoo carry out annual stock take of animals. Required as part of the zoo's licence, the London Zoo annual stock take includes every animal, with all other British zoos required to ...

From a huge baby penguin to a pet octopus who laid 50 eggs and a whale that might have been a Russian spy, here is a look at some of the most famous animals of 2024.

Biologists rescued two iced-in loons from Horace Lake in Weare and Franklin Pierce Lake in Antrim recently. Loons need up to a quarter of a mile runway of open water on a calm day to take off. The ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus ...

Binga, a 23-year-old silverback gorilla weighing 180 kg, recently underwent a unique dental surgery at the National Zoological Garden ... is one of South Africa’s leading news and information ...

A zoo branded the “worst in the UK” is set to close following years of allegations of animal welfare failings and dangerous workplace conditions. South Lakes Safari Zoo in Cumbria will shut ...

who was transferred from Karachi Zoological Garden last month to be with her family. Madhubala was separated from sisters Sonia and Malika about 15 years ago. Four Paws, which made the post-mortem ...

Right then, an ODI series win in Australia and already a 1-0 series lead in South Africa. Pakistan are on a bit of a roll and next up, they will travel to Cape Town for the 2nd ODI. South Africa ...

A South African national who illegally entered the U.S. landed a "positive match" on the terrorist watchlist leading to his "swift" arrest in New York City. According to U.S. Border Patrol Chief ...