The axolotl — an often smiley-faced salamander known for its ability to regenerate limbs and organs — is showing new powers of adaptability, as individuals bred in captivity are surviving releases ...

Surround a wild animal with humans, and there are bound to be some changes. Here are five animals that show differences in captivity. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called ...

The death last year of Bobo the giraffe was a sad affair. That feeling was rekindled when the story reemerged this past week with a U.S. Department of Agriculture report about Bobo's cause of death, ...

Quick Take North Carolina regulates exotic animals differently from many other states. Instead of relying on a single ...

To the editor: What a thoughtful piece by editorial board member Carla Hall about elephants, who like all animals in zoos, “don’t have to avoid predators or hunt their next meal, but they pay for that ...

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

Images of elk and deer with freakishly huge antlers touted as a “new world record” frequently pop up on social media. But the ...

Alabama law imposes relatively few state-level restrictions on traditional household pets and low-risk animals. Dogs, cats, ...

"There are many zoos I would like to see closed." —David Field, president of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums There is increasing concern among zoo administrators, researchers, and ...