From shorebirds flying between their Arctic breeding grounds and southerly foraging ranges to freshwater fish returning to native spawning streams, migratory animals are struggling. About half of all ...

While most wild animals avoid humans, a small number of species are responsible for the majority of fatal attacks each year. Some are predators by nature, while others bite or kill out of defense, ...

It was a misty morning, soon to be scorching, like every day in Niger, when we arrived at the riverbank. I was 17, living in the capital, Niamey, while my mother worked as a diplomat at the US embassy ...

Footage from John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows Hugo, a baby pygmy hippo born Sept. 3, 2025, sleepily yawning.

Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has ...

Despite its widespread biodiversity, Australia holds an unenviable record when it comes to wildlife: the highest mammalian ...

Hubland Campus of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU). This is the result of a study carried out by the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the JMU Biocentre from 2012 to 2023.

A population of hippopotamuses introduced to Colombia in the late 20th century has grown rapidly after escaping from a ...

Having watched this clip, it’s hard to miss the caution lions show around hippopotamuses. Even though lions are often described as apex predators in their ecosystems, these individuals don’t linger ...

We are in Kenya where we see the boss of Africa, the hippo, come up to the river to nudge these crocodiles away.

“For more than a century, the Battle of Flowers and the San Antonio Zoo have inspired generations in our city," said parade vice resident Helen Meyer, during today's announcement at the zoo. "We are ...