Encouraging quietness during zoo trips can help visitors better appreciate their inhabitants and lead to more fulfilling, respectful and informative experiences, a new paper argues.

Born October 30 to parents Gloria and Otto at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the hippo is already gaining popularity, following in the footsteps of viral sensation Moo Deng ...

Mangaluru Pilikula Biological Park has received six new animals from Nandan Kanan Zoo in Orissa as part of an animal exchange ...

Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. Elected to the House in 1987, Pelosi was the first woman to be elected as U.S. House speaker.

The Houston Zoo announced the arrival of Akobi, a 477-pound male pygmy hippopotamus from San Francisco, who comes to Houston ...

On Nov. 15, 1940, the world premiere of the film Arizona took place in downtown Tucson at four movie theaters: Rialto, Lyric, ...

A ballot measure would permanently close a coastal highway to cars. If the City by the Bay can't do it, who can?

A ballot measure would permanently close a coastal highway to private vehicles. If the City by the Bay can't do it, who can?

The Infinite Monkey Theorem hypothesizes that, given a typewriter and an infinite amount of time, a monkey could in theory ...

Ask an Oregon local, and they'll likely name autumn as one of the best times to visit. The crowds thin as warm-weather ...

Go: Safe Howl-O-Ween at the Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Ave., West Orange. 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, last admission at 7 p.m.

"The only facility that I see that has a science museum, zoological park field, aquarium and now a biodome rainforest is the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. They're ...