This week there’s an impressive anthology of short stories, an amazing novel set in an Afghan community in Virginia (not the ...

A lot of exciting changes and celebrations are coming to the Cincinnati Zoo.The zoo is celebrating the birth of African penguin chicks for the first time in three years, marking a hopeful milestone ...

Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh’s first offspring. Brandie ...

A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...

It’s a baby only a mother could love. A rare wide-eyed pygmy slow loris — with eyes as big as its ears and a sleep cycle that would drive even the most patient parents bonkers — has become the first ...

A little puffin blown hundreds of miles off course by recent storms has been rescued by a dog walker from a beach in the south of England. Sonia Meachen, from Dereham, Norfolk, was walking her dog ...

Get to know the puffin, one of nature’s most charming and colorful seabirds. Discover how they live, where they nest, and why they’ve captured the hearts of many.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Metroparks Zoo will say goodbye to its seal and sea lions this year. An 11-year-old harbor seal named Onion and two 17-year-old sea lions, Annabelle and Hera, are to be ...

Work began Wednesday on projects affecting the zoo's white rhinoceros habitat, the McGovern Giraffe Habitat and Shani Market, a popular food stop tucked between the two animal exhibits. The zoo said ...