When you see a wombat — a fuzzy little marsupial with a friendly face and calm demeanor — you’ll probably immediately want to ...

Lions are considered to have cool beards, or manes. A lion's mane is probably the biggest "beard" in the animal kingdom, encircling its entire neck ...

“The deer mouse (genus Peromyscus) is the most abundant mammal in North America and it occupies almost every type of ...

RZSS Whether a large and fuzzy social media sensation or deep-sea slug slunking around the ocean’s Midnight Zone, there are still so many exciting animals on Earth just waiting for their close-up.

While the movie is comedic and endearing, it features some of the coolest animals around—the reindeer. As most people know, the story is that the eight reindeer (or nine if Rudolph joins ...

But that's what scientists say is happening to some animals in response to climate change. Warm-blooded species are evolving to have larger beaks, legs and ears to regulate body temperature as the ...

Several inches of snowfall kept the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute closed to visitors this week. But the animals and their caretakers still had a good time!

As record temperatures are recorded across Japan, zoos are taking measures to prevent heatstroke for their animals. At the Edogawa Ward Natural Zoo on July 29, the backs of three giant anteaters ...