Parents and children get a closer look at Cleo, one of two resident lions at the Sacramento Zoo, in 2019. Cleo, who had been at the zoo since 2007, died at the age of 19 from advancing kidney disease, ...

Humans and elephants have a surprising number of traits in common. These animals are highly intelligent and emotional, ...

I’m standing waist-deep in a chocolate-hued, jungle-fringed tributary of the Congo River, watching my guide wade further downstream, with his hands cupped to his ears to amplify the sounds of the ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

As spring arrives in Louisiana, litters of wild baby animals will as well. Louisiana wildlife rehabilitators and veterinarians experience an influx of animals during this time.

Scientists have performed a necropsy on a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth discovered in Siberia. The female mammoth, nicknamed ...

Will Cullen Hart: co-founder of the legendary Elephant 6 Recording Co., musician of Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory ...

Elephants are not only extremely intelligent but have the ability to express deep empathy for others. They form close family ...

An American tourist and Instagram influencer was recently slammed on social media for posting a video of herself taking a baby wombat from its mother. Sam Jones, who has nearly 100,000 Instagram ...

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Far from the well-trodden tourism path, the Central African nation of Gabon promises unparalleled access to nature at its ...

The US tourist who took a baby wombat from its mother has left Australia, government sources have confirmed. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke celebrated her departure on Friday. "There has never ...