Animals

The East African breed has massive crescent-shaped horns, which can grow up to eight feet wide and weigh up to 15 pounds each.

A tiny Jack Russell terrier has won hearts and admirers for helping neutralize hundreds of Russian explosives in Ukraine. Now he's won state honors, too.

Since 2019, Philadelphians have competed in the City Natural Challenge by logging species of plants and animals. The records are quite useful for scientists.

Police urge everyone in the area to keep their distance if they happen to see the animal.

The patient is an inmate involved in the culling of poultry that was presumptively infected with H5N1 bird flu at a commercial farm.

Around the world, at dawn, something magical happens. As the sun rises, nature seems to wake up, and different species break into a choru ...

Conservationists from the New Jersey Audubon Society have worked for nearly a decade to track and conserve the endangered bog turtle.

The decline in new specimens is especially noticeable in the study of mammals. One journal article called it a “perfect storm” for the field.

A new study based on thousands of DNA sequences and owner surveys finds that less than 10% of a dog's behavior — like howling, herding or retrieving — can be explained by its

The state Dept. of Agriculture said the ban is a precaution to prevent the spread of the serious avian flu spreading across the U.S. in recent months.

Backyard chicken owners in Pennsylvania are taking extra precautions to protect their birds, which they see as pets, from getting infected from the deadly avian flu.

Some farmers are wondering if it's OK that eggs sold as free-range come from chickens being kept inside.

The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement.

Officials say the seal pup has come onto the sand at the end of Collins Avenue for the last several days.

In studying a society of male dominated monkeys and comparing them to a female-led group of monkeys, primatologist Frans de Waal challenges human assumptions about gender.