Long before owning an unbeaten stakes winner, Chris Fountoukis was a young welder in a small Irish-run boiler shop on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the mid-1970s, there were no television feeds in ...

The lunar new year is here, marking the start of a new cycle for the Chinese zodiac. The year of the fire horse in the Chinese zodiac commences on Feb. 17, the same time as the annual solar eclipse in ...

The new moon on February 17 marks the start of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Southeast and East Asian countries. According to the Chinese zodiac, it’s also the start of the Year of ...

It’s a baby only a mother could love. A rare wide-eyed pygmy slow loris — with eyes as big as its ears and a sleep cycle that would drive even the most patient parents bonkers — has become the first ...

Who doesn’t love a snow day? The most popular animals at the National Zoo in D.C. — the giant pandas — certainly did. A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur ...

The sports vehicle backed by CVC Capital Partners, the former owner of Formula One motor racing, is close to striking a $300m deal to buy a majority stake in Equine Network, a US-based equestrian ...

The Tampa Bay Rays sent outfielder Josh Lowe to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday as part of a three-team trade in which left-handed reliever Brock Burke went from the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds.

What was announced as a 2050 pipe dream by Kawasaki, the company's hydrogen-powered, four-hooved, all-terrain robot horse vehicle Corleo is actually going into production and is now expected to be ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to more than 2,200 animals across its campuses in D.C. and Virginia. The zoo was the first in the United States to hire a ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo completed the transformation of its homes for big African animals by opening a new rhino and hippo facility with a ribbon-cutting event Dec. 9. The new Ladish Co. Foundation ...

Rosalía has one of 2025’s defining projects with her new album Lux; Uproxx’s Steven Hyden thinks it’ll end up being most critics’ pick for the year’s best album. Fans will soon be able to see it on ...

TEXAS, USA — An outbreak of an equine virus that originated from an event in Central Texas has spread to several states, according to the Equine Disease Communication Center. The Texas Department of ...