A young chimpanzee named Dodo died from panic after hearing construction equipment during renovations at Egypt's Giza Zoo.

The specimen might be our greatest opportunity to unlock the mysteries surrounding how the bird behaved, how it lived, how it ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

The word dodo has become almost synonymous with extinction itself. Most people can name this flightless bird when asked about ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Andrea Parent-Tibbetts owner of Clover Brook Farm in Hyde Park, New York, about leaping llamas, an event at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival where animals compete to ...

The Roosevelt elk is one of the signature large animals to see in Olympic National Park. The park contains one of the largest unmanaged herds in the Pacific Northwest. Named after U.S. President ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be their biggest advantages. Found across every continent except ...

Some of the most viral images to come from the protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland have also been the silliest: protesters dressed as zebras, frogs ...

Dozens of animals are in the care of Harris County commissioners, according to public records secured by the Houston Chronicle. The nearly 150-animal strong menagerie owned by Harris County ...