Bei Bei, National Zoo’s giant panda cub, is a natural for the cameras

December 16, 2015

He’s not quite fully walking yet, but Bei Bei is fully completely adorable. The giant panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo made his…

Wednesday Zen Moment: Goats singing Christmas carols

December 16, 2015

Forget the smooth tones of Bing Crosby. Forget Mariah and Buble belting out Christmas carols. If you really want to get into the holiday…

Scientific first: Litter of puppies born from IVF treatment

December 15, 2015

Meet Cannon, Red, Green, Cornelia, Buddy, Kiwi and Ivy le Fleur. They’re the first puppies born through in vitro fertilization after researchers successfully transferred embryos…

Orangutan cracks up after seeing magic trick with paper cup

December 13, 2015

Here’s the best 38 seconds you’ll spend today. An orangutan at a zoo in Barcelona was on the other side of the glass when…

Drone’s Eye View: You have never seen beluga whales, polar bears like this

December 4, 2015

This is gorgeous. Photographer Nansen Weber took a drone to the Northwest Passage off Nunavut and captured some of the most stunning images of beluga…

Epic eagle selfie of two bros and the bird is Selfie of the Year

December 1, 2015

If there was really an official Selfie of the Year, brothers Neil and Michael Fletcher may nab the title with this submission. The brothers,…

Death of northern white rhino in San Diego leaves only three on the planet

November 22, 2015

In truth, her health had been failing for months. Despite being in and out of veterinary care, Nola had always bounced back. But a…

Sad news from Toronto Zoo: Baby polar cub has died, surviving cub in ICU

November 20, 2015

The birth of two polar bear cubs at the Toronto Zoo earlier this month wasn’t given much fanfare. And now we know why: one of the…

Desperate bid to save the world’s largest herd of white deer

November 17, 2015

A former U.S. army weapons base is home to a rare, and largely protected, herd of white white-tailed deer, but conservationists worry that might…

400-pound leatherback sea turtle found dead after human encounter

November 14, 2015

New England Aquarium veterinarians and biologists commonly are asked to do autopsies on marine mammals and have disturbingly found a common trio of reasons…