INDIANAPOLIS — Conservation is going head-to-head at the Indianapolis Zoo where an online voting challenge will end with one species rising above the rest. The Uproar Conservation Challenge is a ...

The public is invited to make their voices heard in an online, head-to-head voting challenge, helping species advance round by round until a champion is crowned.

Animal Jam is a National Geographic-affiliated educational game aimed at tweens and younger, but this wholesomely edutaining MMO really is something everyone can enjoy. Like many free-to-play games, ...

Scientists simulated an asteroid impact, and Deinococcus radiodurans’ cell membranes made it through. This suggests that life ...

Imagine walking through a zoo in 1963. You expected to see formidable predators, creatures of raw power. But at the Bronx Zoo ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

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A so-called "cat sanctuary" in Maryland was more of a house of horrors after more than 100 cats were pulled from freezing conditions amid a massive animal cruelty investigation. Detectives with the ...

More than 100 cats were rescued from a Maryland home, and several were found dead during an investigation into an alleged animal cruelty case, according to the Humane World for Animals. The animal ...

This zoo closed months ago, but not every animal was rescued. Inside dark buildings and locked enclosures, we found rare fish, venomous snakes, massive lizards, giant frogs, tortoises, and even exotic ...

The Andean condor is the heaviest bird of prey in the world (weighing up to 15kg), and is the raptor with the longest wingspan (3.2m). It is an iconic figure, that features on the Ecuadorian flag, and ...

The relationship between coyotes and American badgers can be tense. Both species are partial to burrowing rodents such as ground squirrels and prairie dogs, which puts them in direct competition that ...