Hedgehogs, elephants, pangolins, bears or fennec foxes: many wild species are sold as pets, hunting trophies, for traditional ...

From lemurs to fennec foxes, wild animals are bought and sold around the world-legally and illegally, dead and ...

From lemurs to fennec foxes, wild animals are bought and sold around the world—legally and illegally, dead and alive—including as pets, for food and ...

Using four decades of legal and illegal trade data alongside host-pathogen records, new research published in 'Science' finds that traded wild mammals are 1.5 times more likely to share infectious ...

​The Giant Panda ​The Giant Panda is perhaps the ultimate poster child for the power of “cute” in the world […] ...

For most of us, visiting the zoo as a child brings up happy memories of adventures, melting ice cream, and childhood friends.

The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced on Friday its newest member to the zoo's animal family.

There are twelve species of true foxes in the world, and they live in a wide range of habitats, on every continent except Antarctica. They vary widely in size and appearance. One of the most striking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Allen’s Rule explains why animals in warm climates tend to have longer appendages than those in colder environments. Large ears, ...

Animal populations have fallen by 73% in some species over the past 50 years. Are we on a fast track to widespread species ...