The last two elephants at the Bronx Zoo should be immediately moved to an animal sanctuary, a group of Big Apple lawyers contended Wednesday as questions about the pair’s care continue to swirl.

Smithsonian/Roshan Patel For conservation scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, helping animals “swipe right” on the best mate is all in a day’s ...

The zoo is located in a mountainous area about 20km south-west of central Sapporo and was opened in July 2005. It has accommodation facilities and keeps and exhibits about 150 animal species ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native ...

February 11, 2025 • Monty's competition included a bichon frisé called Neal, a Skye terrier named Archer, a whippet and repeat runner-up known as Bourbon and a shih tzu called Comet who's been ...

The official count, a legal requirement of the zoo's licence, saw more than 500 animals across 145 species totted up. A colony of Humboldt penguins, a rare okapi calf and a critically-endangered ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — A recent study by two biological science researchers found that a pathogen for bird pink eye remained viable on bird feeders in winter months much longer than in summer months ...

“No one would answer this question; instead, the guards walked by the small window in my cell and looked at me as if I was a zoo animal.” Eventually, Jones says she got an answer from one of ...

Zoo leaders say these new upgrades will not only benefit guests but the animals as well. “Animal welfare is always something that we are striving to improve,” said Hattiesburg Zoo’s Director ...

Other isolated areas of Africa, southern Europe, and Asia show an abundance of bees and bee species. Like most other plants and animals, bees are not found in Antarctica. For one thing, it is far too ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer (i.e. modify the genome of) animals in order to improve their suitability ...