Since late 2021, a panzootic, or “a pandemic in animals,” of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...

Tigers and bears share habitats in Russia and India. Their encounters are a subject of fascination. Tigers hunt with stealth ...

Sherman joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about his new book and its launch at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis on ...

Reindeer comes from the Old Norse word hreindyri, which combines hreinn (the Old Norse name for the animal) and dyr (“deer”).

This article explores why raccoons aren’t just trouble-makers—they’re clever and resourceful, with amazing problem-solving ...

When it comes to wildlife, the best travelers are informed ones. Understanding wild animals and how they behave — and how you should behave around them — can be the difference between an amazing ...

Edmontosaurus annectens, a large herbivore duck-billed dinosaur that lived toward the end of the Cretaceous period, was discovered back in 1908 in east-central Wyoming by C.H. Sternberg, a fossil ...

Across America, a handful of extraordinary national parks give travelers the rare chance to see endangered animals thriving ...

What’s driving this: It depends on the animal, but food and water are the main factors. Less rain means less standing water ...

Big game attracts many hunters to the West, but the region is also home to some of the country’s best upland bird hunting.

Floridians really care about protecting bears,” she said. “And when you protect bear habitat, you protect habitat for so many ...

Holiday Lights occupies 12 of the Bronx Zoo’s 265 acres of hardwood forest – an oasis of wilderness amid the Bronx’s urban landscape – and is home to 10,000 animals. I love wandering and seeing the ...