Ever the resourceful animal, Adélie penguins in eastern Antarctica made the best of a bad situation about three years ago during a warmer breeding season when there was less ice in their environment: they ate more food.
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Following the first extended closure in its 103-year history as a worldwide animal education and conservation leader, the San Diego Zoo had a successful reopening weekend despite an increase in Covid-19 cases in the city and across the Golden State.
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A pair of conservationists have found that viruses are largely to blame for the deadliest mass die-offs in marine mammal species in decades — and the changing climate will only intensify the factors contributing to these outbreaks.
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Activists in China have released a pangolin into the wild to celebrate new protections for the armadillo-like animal whose numbers in the country have dropped to near extinction levels.
Read moreSince zoos across the country shuttered their doors to visitors to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, they’ve tapped their creativity to keep supporters engaged and money flowing. The result? Animal live-web cam shows have gone viral and drive-through zoo car tours have sold out.
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Dutch health officials have ordered the slaughter of around 10,000 mink to start Friday on farms where coronavirus outbreaks have been reported, possibly infecting at least two employees.
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Netflix star Joe Exotic lamented behind bars Tuesday a court order turning over his former Oklahoma zoo to nemesis Carole Baskin to satisfy a $1 million trademark judgment.
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Citing an inconsistent advertising policy, a federal judge in Virginia is forcing Richmond’s public bus system to carry a taxpayer-watchdog group’s advertisement with a message opposing federally funded animal testing.
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A federal judge granted Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue control Monday of imprisoned reality TV star Joe Exotic’s former zoo properties in Oklahoma, finding they were fraudulently transferred to avoid paying her under a $1 million trademark judgment.
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A long-running effort by environmental groups to get a rare species of West Texas lizard added to the endangered species list took a step forward on Thursday, when the federal government settled a lawsuit over its alleged “political delay” in even considering the idea.
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The World Health Organization on Friday said it hoped China would invite it to take part in its investigation into the animal origins of the novel coronavirus.
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Since the novel coronavirus behind the Covid-19 pandemic is thought to have originated in a species of bat, knowledge about the creatures is power — now more than ever.
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Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: The coronavirus outbreak that has killed tens of thousands and turned the world upside down comes from the animal world.
Read moreSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has temporarily lifted a cap on the number of pigs farmers in the state are allowed to keep after a Covid-19 outbreak closed a Smithfield pork processing plant indefinitely.
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How did the novel coronavirus jump from animal to human? Stray dogs roaming a so-called wet market may have helped.
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President Donald Trump joked late Wednesday that he would “take a look” at pardoning Joe Exotic, the flamboyant star of Netflix’s true-crime docuseries “Tiger King,” hours after the federal judge in Exotic’s $94 million lawsuit against federal officials rejected a recusal demand.
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“Tiger King” docuseries star Joe Exotic demanded Monday that the federal judge overseeing his $93 million civil lawsuit against the federal government step aside, accusing him of being biased, homophobic and an animal rights supporter.
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The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, recently gained global notoriety as ground zero where a novel coronavirus may have leapt from pangolins to humans. Now new research pinpoints other animals and environments in which humans are at high risk of contracting zoonotic viruses.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will stop using pesticides on mammals and limit the use of
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A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.
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