In the context of all known animal species, mammals are relatively rare — far less numerous than many other groups of animals ...

U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a stabbing attack on train that wounded 11 people. British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

Black vultures have killed and eaten several calves on Tom Karr’s cattle ranch in southeastern Ohio, a loss he says didn't happen two decades ago.

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Dickerson Park Zoo showcased its turkey vulture on October’s The Wild Side. Zookeeper KyAnne Hilger shares the differences between a turkey vulture and a black vulture. To ...

Bats, spiders, toads, and black cats seem to get all the attention around Halloween, with owls often left out of the discussion. That ends now, and rightfully so. There are a lot of cool things about ...

SAN DIEGO — A gorilla at the San Diego Zoo broke a glass panel at his enclosure over the weekend, zoo officials said this week, frightening guests who were observing the apes. Ten-year-old Denny broke ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo is being forced to shut its doors after a sudden storm swept through the area on Monday. Although the zoo sustained significant damage, no animals, guests, staff ...

The penguins at the Houston Zoo have temporarily moved "behind the scenes" due to safety concerns about material they could ingest there, according to zoo officials. The zoo's Humboldt penguins moved ...

The Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have temporarily closed due to the government shutdown. Because the museums and the zoo are part of the ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently published findings revealing the remarkable contents of bearded vultures' nests – including traces of the Middle Ages. The results, published in the journal Ecology on ...