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 ...

The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville is mourning the death of one of its newest giraffes, who was euthanized after sustaining a severe hip injury, possibly while attempting to mate with another ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) – A male leopard has killed a female leopard after workers at a Pennsylvania zoo put them together in an off-exhibit area in hopes they would mate ...