San Antonio Zoo to offer $8 admission on Sunday for Locals Day
SAN ANTONIO – If you don’t have plans this Sunday, the San Antonio Zoo will offer discounted admission…
Bald eagles are uniquely American. Most of us have little idea what they’re truly like.
This piece is from Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals by Jason Bittel.…
Newborn Giraffe With Distinctive Hair-do is Charming Visitors to Ohio Zoo–And They Gave Him the Perfect Name
Eugene the baby giraffe – Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Ohio A four-week-old baby giraffe is becoming a…
158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years
Floreana giant tortoises released – © Galápagos Conservancy For the first time in over 180 years, a giant…
25 manatees reported dead in Florida waters since Friday
FORT MYERS, Florida — Florida Fish and Wildlife said 18 manatees were removed from Manatee Park in Fort…
The scaly anteaters called pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them…
Mama leopard gives birth to 2 cubs at Utah’s Hogle Zoo
SALT LAKE CITY — A mama leopard is cuddling her two new baby cubs she just birthed at…
Endangered Floreana tortoises reintroduced to native island habitat
FLOREANA ISLAND, Galapagos (AP) — Juvenile tortoises with Floreana ancestry were brought to their native island from the…
Giant tortoises reclaim Floreana Island in Galápagos after more than 150 years
FLOREANA ISLAND, Ecuador (AP) — Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island…
After nixing castration, Iron Mountain to close deer pen. Can it save the herd?
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Iron Mountain wants to close a costly deer pen that has attracted visitors to…