March 11, 2016 Swamp monkey born at the National Zoo The Smithsonian National Zoo is celebrating the birth of a very special new addition.
March 11, 2016 Louisiana black bear, inspiration for the teddy bear, removed from endangered list Great news for the teddy bear! U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced Thursday that the Louisiana black bear, which inspired the teddy bear, is being taken off the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
March 11, 2016 Hollywood mountain lion may have killed koala at Los Angeles Zoo A famous Hollywood mountain lion is the chief suspect in a grisly crime.
March 8, 2016 Taxpayers to shell out $50M for Marines to evacuate 1,200 Mojave tortoises The Marines are spending $50 million to evacuate nearly 1,200 tortoises from future training grounds in the Mojave Desert, but similar efforts in the past have proven disastrous, say environmentalists.
March 3, 2016 Scientists unraveling mystery of rare whales off Madagascar More than a decade ago, Salvatore Cerchio went to Madagascar to study coastal dolphins. But his attention eventually shifted to a much bigger marine mammal – a rare species of whale that calls those waters home.
February 29, 2016 Male gorillas sing and hum when they eat It turns out that male gorillas have a little Frank Sinatra in them.
February 29, 2016 Scientists crown 'Earth's first animal' Way before humans, sharks, or dinosaurs, the sea sponge was very likely the first animal on Earth.
February 24, 2016 10-foot python attacks boy as he sleeps in his bed A young Australian boy was left bloody after being attacked by a python in his bed in an incident that his mother is describing as a real-life “nightmare”.
