Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

New research shows male elephant seals can remember the voices of past rivals, using vocal cues to decide whether to fight or ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other ...

Surging exotic pet trade sparks calls for tighter crackdown - Social media influencers, who have made owning exotic pets cool ...

Asian elephant Nhi Linh (foreground) is pregnant and due to give birth between mid-January and early March 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Male Spike ...

In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population—has been transformed. Drone images of the ...

Patrick McHale (“Over the Garden Wall”), Ian Jones-Quartey (“OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes”), Rebecca Sugar (“Steven Universe”) and Pendleton Ward (“Adventure Time”) are teaming up for “Adult Swim’s The ...

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — The birth of a baby elephant in October at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium made history as the first time that two calves have been born at the zoo in one year. Now, this new male ...

An Allegheny County judge has denied a petition to stop the transfer of two of Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium’s younger elephants to a breeding facility. In October, the Nonhuman Rights Project, a ...

A Wisconsin facility will stop breeding beagles for medical research following a settlement over mistreatment allegations. Ridglan Farms agreed to cease its breeding operation by July 1 but can ...

Los Angeles based photographer Alex was stunned that she caught the moment on camera. Seeing the herd pass by would have been so incredible on its own, but this little one made it even more special.

If I could have any pet in the world, I would have an elephant. Well, several, because they like to be together, but I would have elephants. Ever since I was a child, I've loved them way too much.