In the animal kingdom, pregnancy rarely follows the rules, with many species being pregnant for a year or more.

A routine enclosure check turned extraordinary when a snake gave birth to 21 live babies. Handlers watched as each newborn emerged fully formed and active. The sudden surge of movement filled the ...

With fewer than 50,000 Asian elephants estimated to be remaining in the wild, the Smithsonian’s announcement gives hope to ...

Nature's reproductive wonders are revealed as several female animals, including Komodo dragons, sharks, and even birds like ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

UC Davis is ideally placed to be a leader in this new field. It is the biggest, greenest campus in the UC system, a ...

Kipekee, one of only two known spotless giraffes in the world and the only one in human care, died at age 2 at Brights Zoo in ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest ...

Initially, we used the bushes with a shovel, dealing with wild boar. Emilia constructed a makeshift compost toilet from pallets and a paint bucket, but as winter approached, Robbie wanted a more ...

Badgers, bears, wolves, elk, deer, beavers, wild horses, plus just about every other critter. Here in Wyoming, we live ...

On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) announced that its 5-year-old adult female cheetah named Amabala welcomed a litter of four cheetah cubs ...

Two species of seal live in the UK all year round – the grey seal and the harbour seal. These earless seals are found around much of our coastline and sometimes venture into our rivers too. The grey ...