You do not want to get on a hippopotamus’s bad side — it could be the last thing you do! These huge mammals can become ...

It’s all part of Little Critters: Nature Play, a free drop-in program where children ages 0–5 explore science and nature ...

The Phoenix Zoo has raised Chiricahua leopard frogs from eggs to release into the wild since 1995. For 30 years, the zoo and its partners have collected eggs from the field, or retrieved them from ...

This is the moment famous pygmy hippo Moo Deng soaked in a pool beside her mum at a zoo in Thailand. Footage shows the adorable internet sensation relaxing in the water inside her enclosure at the ...

While he attracted a following at the central Florida wildlife park, he starred on the silver screen as well, featuring in ...

Thailand's pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, who turns 1 in July, is going viral again for sporting two green leaves that appear as her eyebrows. See it.

This is the amusing moment Moo Deng had grass stuck on her face, resembling eyebrows. Footage shows the adorable pygmy munching on a tray of assorted vegetables in her enclosure, with two leaves ...

who were recently transferred from the Los Angeles Zoo. The move has sparked national backlash, as well as a pending lawsuit filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project, claiming the elephants should ...

“I do forget how unique it is sometimes,” said Charlie Shaw, animal keeper of big cats at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. “I go home and people are ...

Eight slender, endangered ferret babies were born last week at the National Zoo’s Virginia campus, covered in white fur and weighing about as much as a AAA battery. A black-footed ferret named ...

by 7News Staff TOPICS: FRONT ROYAL Va. (7News) — The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, celebrated the birth of a litter of ...

Check out the Black-Footed Ferret Cam, a temporary live webcam hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute on its website. The webcam celebrates the recent ...