When the total solar eclipse happens on Monday, animals at homes, farms and zoos may act strangely. Researchers can’t wait to see what happens when day quickly turns to night. By Juliet Macur and ...

The National Zoo generally is a family-friendly place, but at the Woo at the Zoo event Friday night, it was all about wild animal sexual behavior. “We like to say we’re a free zoo where animals can ...

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the stores are filling up with heart-shaped boxes, chocolates, candies, and cards- all for couples looking to woo one another. Sure, nobody minds being ...

-Giant leaf-tailed geckos hang on the wall of their cage, July 31, 2008, in Columbia, as S.C. Ed Diebold, director of animal ...