A woman with a heart for animals started a wildlife education center with a few animal companions from college, a boa constrictor, a desert tortoise, an Amazon parrot and a chinchilla.

Forrest, a Eurasian eagle owl, has been at the Point Defiance Zoo for about two decades. Keepers estimate he could live to be 60.

Love arctic animals? Come check out these 20 amazing zoos with polar bears, all around the United States. Many of them are free!

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses ...

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

Round House Theatre will present the 2026 Bonnie Hammerschlag National Capital New Play Festival (February 11 – March 15). The fifth annual festival of new work will feature the world premiere of ...

They call Rogojeni the "hobbit village", and its little half-buried houses, built to resist Moldova's cold winters and hot summers, do look like something from "The Lord of the Rings". The traditional ...

Lions and tigers and Lyla-potamuses, oh my! This past week, we took a chilly hike through the wilderness of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This was the first time for my ...

So far, there have been no health issues after the David Traylor Zoo moved its birds out of public view as the avian influenza outbreak continues. The zoo moved its trumpeter swans, nene geese, Cape ...

Your first thought when trying to invite more birds into your backyard might be to build a bird house, but as it turns out, some popular birds may not appreciate this type of shelter as much as you ...

The House on Wednesday advanced a two-bill package to fund large parts of the government, teeing up a final vote later in the day. The lower chamber voted 213-210 on the rule governing the spending ...