Major contests will dominate the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections — not least a wide-open race for California governor ...

In parts of India and Southeast Asia, tigers occasionally kill young Asian elephants. Adults are generally safe from the ...

Arriving from Kenya as an orphan in 1978, C’sar was the Zoo’s first elephant and quickly became an icon, inspiring generations of guests and staff.

The above video is from C’sar’s 48th birthday in 2022. ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina Zoo is mourning the loss of ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

As two-time runner-up Mohamed Salah prepares for another tilt at the Africa Cup of Nations, BBC Sport Africa profiles other ...

Africa is the last stand for wildlife. That is how Peter and Corie Knights describe the continent they have devoted their lives to protecting — one of the last places on Earth where large animals ...

In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population—has been transformed. Drone images of the ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...

Fee-fi-fo-fum! It may not make a great deal of grammatical sense, but this phrase is certain to conjure up mental images of magic beans, rampant beanstalks and one very angry giant. Colossal-sized ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After more than four decades of goofy antics and cherished memories, one of the metro’s most beloved residents has died, the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced Wednesday. Lois, a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lois, an African elephant who called the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium home for over 40 years, has died. Zookeepers said Lois had been facing increasing challenges with movement in ...