A giraffe at the Blank Park Zoo has given birth! The zoo has been sharing live video feeds of Skye for weeks now, as the ...

A bone feature found in a mammal ancestor hints that the creature was relatively large as a newborn, more in line with the ...

Bumpy the rescued hippo has become best friends with an elephant called Wangalla while being cared for in Kenya.

There is something especially memorable about hearing a baby laugh for the first time. Parents often wait for that little sound, wondering what will finally make their baby giggle. For one family, ...

A short film from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust follows orphaned African elephants from rescue through rewilding, offering a window into one of conservation's most demanding long-term commitments to a ...

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Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington star in ‘Animals,’ a thriller about a mayoral candidate and his wife whose son is kidnapped. Netflix has released a chilling first teaser trailer.

You walk in a park. Children are playing, people are walking their dogs, and then you hear someone say, "Who's my little sweetie?" You turn around expecting to see a stroller. But someone is sitting ...

For a long time, we thought baby birds only made noise after hatching. But it turns out that they ‘speak’ while still inside their eggs. Unhatched chicks make two kinds of noises: peeps and clicks.

The tour continues a relationship with Australia that stretches back more than five decades. By Jessica Lynch Suzi Quatro, ...

The Blank Park Zoo has been busy adding new members this summer, from babies to animals finding a new home in central Iowa. A ...