Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is celebrating some significant milestones at the Darnall W. and Susan F. Boyd Aquarium & Reptiles Conservation Center that highlight their dedication to wildlife care, ...

A new study investigates why some lost birds that stray far from their normal migratory routes end up thousands of miles off ...

The Minnesota Zoo is now the home of a loggerhead sea turtle named Snooki, in a nod to the “Jersey Shore" star.

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Bird flu is ...

The Calgary Zoo is taking steps to protect its birds, after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday confirmed the presence of avian influenza in close proximity to the facility. Dr. Emma Vaasjo ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...

Tut the parrot will be remembered as a yapper. From mimicking people to whistling television show tunes, he found a way to make people laugh. For Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo members and visitors, ...

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu in the film "Rio" – was born at the Centre for the Conservation of ...

The largest-ever study on neophobia, or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some bird species are more fearful of new things than others. Published in the journal PLOS Biology, the ...

It was a quiet summer for bird flu: Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath. “It was lovely,” said Shauna Voss, the assistant director of the ...