Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

About 60 chicks have been left homeless after native trees were cut down to make way for a renewable energy project. The vegetation was removed for transmission infrastructure as part of the NSW ...

Your brain’s health may be the most powerful indicator of how long you will live. It is crucial to whether that life will be rich and satisfying from youth well into old age, or something ...

A sad find: a baby bird that didn’t survive the fall. This video shows the family’s compassion and their effort to stop future falls. Iran reacts to Trump administration seizing Venezuelan oil tanker ...

Until the little bird decided he was ready to fly away ️ Jordi told us how he'd wake up in the middle of the night just to make sure the bird was OK, and the very sweet thing he learned from this ...

Animals have a way of surprising us in ways we didn't expect. Even vocal birds, who are capable of saying all kinds of things, might pull something out of nowhere that stops you in your tracks. A cute ...

After all, if you’re an exotic pet lover who lives in New York or you are planning on moving there, the state’s ever-evolving ...

Animals have a way of surprising us in ways we didn't expect. Even vocal birds, who are capable of saying all kinds of things, might pull something out of nowhere that stops you in your tracks. As a ...

A white-necked jacobin hummingbird chick surprises scientists, scaring away wasps by mimicking a poisonous caterpillar.

For one Georgia-based mom, bringing her daughter home after a long stay in the NICU was the "best gift ever." Mary Barthell, ...

Taylor-O’Connor (formerly Cunha) is a lawyer and animal cognition researcher who lives in Jupiter, Florida — and grew up in a ...