The Milwaukee County Zoo is running a contest to name a penguin chick born on March 14 (Pi Day). Three voters will win a prize package.

Have you ever wondered how wild birds cope with baking hot afternoons and freezing cold mornings? Our new study has taken a ...

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...

Animal tongues are more than just for tasting. Giraffe tongues grab leaves, even thorny ones. Pangolin tongues, starting in ...

If you're looking for something fun to do this summer, we have not one, not two but six zoos in several cities across the ...

The baby penguin and other new additions at Scovill Zoo are still in the waiting to be given their lifelong names.

The Nazca lived between 100 B.C. and A.D. 800 in what scientists call a tropical desert. Yet just offshore, the sea teemed ...

Leigh-Anne Pinnock speaks out over the 15 animals at London Aquarium, who live in a basement enclosure without fresh air or ...

If you're looking for something fun to do this summer, we have not one, not two but six zoos in several cities across the state. Here's what to know about each one.

Thailand's pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on Thursday, drawing crowds of diehard fans even as she left behind ...

Learn how emperor penguins adopt a complex choreography to form a huddle to stay warm in bitter Antarctic winds.

The African penguin chicks that hatched at the National Aviary have new names, and they're ready to join the colony.