Few animals look as calm and harmless as a hippo lounging in the water, but appearances can be deceiving. Dangerously so, in ...

The Sumatran rhino is uniquely adapted for life in dense rainforest. But these traits can’t protect it from habitat loss.

Finding a mate is hard in the animal kingdom! As these strangest animal mating rituals show, it sometimes gets even more ...

On a cold late winter night, a sudden chorus of high-pitched howls can haunt a quiet neighborhood. Those sounds often mean local coyotes are in the middle of mating season, a short period when they ...

The Nashville Zoo has officially welcomed a new baby aardvark! The calf, which was born at 6:06 a.m. local time on New Year’s ...

One of the remarkable abilities that birds possess is their ability to regenerate the feathers that they shed. Unlike human ...

In the spring of 2023, we returned to Península Valdés, a rugged coastal region in Argentine Patagonia, expecting to witness the familiar sights and ...

People use mothballs in many ways, but they're not always safe. To protect you and your household's health, try these ...

The BNHS has also worked on protecting Gyps vultures by creating Vulture Safe Zones and increasing awareness about the ...

After years of decline, mugger crocodiles are slowly returning to Odisha’s Similipal National Park, owing to careful ...

When you think of birds, you might imagine wings flapping silently against a blue sky. The kākāpō, however, lacks these ...

A male elephant, which has killed at least 20 people in the Chaibasa and Kolhan forest areas of West Singhbhum district, has ...