Animals residing at the Houston Zoo were delighted - and a little perplexed - by a rare fall of snow. Video shared by the zoo showed a young Asian elephant named Teddy playing in his enclosure ...

On a snow-blanketed field in Virginia, a handful of workers were silent but for the groan of a chainsaw chopping through bamboo -- a delicacy for their furry clients down the road in the US capital of ...

"Because an elephant is not a person, the elephants here do not have standing to bring a habeas corpus claim," the court ruled ...

Testing on Melbourne Zoo's beloved elephant herd for a potentially deadly disease is expanding before they move to their new home. By mid-2025, the herd moves to Werribee Open Range Zoo. It is a big ...

Moving home is always stressful. But for Melbourne's much-loved elephants, a shift to Werribee promises to help the herd grow and thrive.

The countdown is on until Western Australia says its final farewell to Perth Zoo's much-loved elephant, Permai, with her departure just days away.

The countdown is on until Western Australia says its final farewell to Perth Zoo's much-loved elephant, Permai, with her departure now just days away.

The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is one of Australia's most iconic arachnids. It's a member of the widow spider family, closely related to the black widow spider. They're famous for their ...

The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a ...

Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a 2-acre plot in a southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state’s highest court ruled this week. Responding to a ...

Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Athar Minallah commended the organizers of Pakistan’s first-ever ...

A lawsuit arguing elephants should be freed from a zoo has failed in court, with the judge ruling that "majestic" mammals do ...