Humans aren’t the only ones trying to beat the summer heat here in North Dakota. When blistering days like these roll through the state, zookeepers here at the Roosevelt Park Zoo have to ...

Ziggy the giraffe was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida. Today, nearly 15, she is matriarch of giraffes at Milwaukee County Zoo.

Animal sanctuary bosses say they have been left heartbroken after a newly rescued goat was stolen overnight. Buttercups ...

Exotic animals are intriguing for a variety of reasons, leading some people to covet them. But these wild creatures are not ...

The white rhino can weigh up to 4.5 tonnes, making it one of the bulkiest land animals after elephants. Known for their wide mouths and grazing habits, white rhinos are mostly found in parts of ...

Thora now lives in the hoofstock habitat, according to the zoo, alongside the giraffes, kudu, crowned cranes and Maribou stork. The hoofstock habitat is located in the African Savanna area of the zoo.

Not even wild animals are safe from Mexico’s cartel violence. Tigers, elephants, lions and monkeys were evacuated this week from a wildlife refuge in Culiacán, Sinaloa, a city overrun by cartel ...

When Alex Simpson was a child, he dreamed of working as a zookeeper. Now, he works with rhinos, giraffes, hippos at the Whipsnade Zoo in the UK. He tells PEOPLE the animals can be hard to work with.

Do nonhuman animals live in a kind of eternal present, or are they aware of the passage of time? That question has been debated by scientists for decades. Most experts agree that animals have some way ...

Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized. By Emily Anthes On April 1, the Trump administration’s ...

Since animals cannot communicate with us, there’s a huge assumption by animal activists that animals have emotional responses and the ability to reason and think, in the same way that humans do.