There are more than 8 billion humans on the planet, and although that's a remarkable number, it's just a fraction of the number of people who have ever lived and an even smaller slice of the total ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Welcoming a baby to the world is an exciting time for families, no matter the species. A recent birth at Como Park Zoo captured attention and had us wondering: How many animals are ...

Animal rescue centres have said 2025 has left them poorer and less able to help people who can no longer look after their ...

Global population trends among 71,000 animal species show nearly half are "sliding toward extinction," some of them at alarming rates, a new study warns. Researchers found 48% of the species in the ...

We often hear about the biggest animals that would easily tower over humans twice, thrice, and some even ten times. But how big, exactly, are they? Let’s take the blue whale, which is known as one of ...

Every night during breeding season, the male túngara frog of Central America will stake out a performance patch in the local pond and spend unbroken hours broadcasting his splendor to the world. The ...

Mink get it. Hamsters get it. Cats and dogs get it. They're a few of the many animal species to have contracted COVID-19. But how many species have been affected? And how many cases have there been in ...

The amount of animals it can rescue at any given time depends on the number of foster volunteers. “We really like to see more fosters stepping up because that can let us help more shelters that are ...

Patricia Wyer has seen many animals come and go at her wildlife rescue center near Cheyenne, but her most heartwarming tale ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Around 10 million animals die from animal abuse, neglect or cruelty every year in the U.S. Cruelty and abuse to animals is correlated to domestic violence and other abuse toward humans. Animal cruelty ...

In his ruling, Rockbridge General District Court Judge Gregory Mooney found that prosecutors had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the animals seized from the Natural Bridge Zoo were subject to ...