As renovation projects continue to expand the Montgomery Zoo, its animal population is growing as well. Plans are in the ...

Horseshoe crabs have survived 300 million years with little change. Their blue blood protects humans from bacterial ...

ISRO has launched the PSLV-C62 rocket carrying the Anvesha hyperspectral satellite. The mission strengthens India’s Earth ...

While travelling through South Africa's Kruger National Park, visitors witnessed a rare, high-stakes pursuit when a cheetah suddenly singled out an ostrich. The explosive burst of speed that followed ...

Dec. 4 is International Cheetah Day. It was established in 2010 by the Cheetah Conservation Fund to raise awareness about the dwindling populations and shrinking habitats of the fastest land animal on ...

DUBBO, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 20: Ostriches look out from their enclosure at Taronga Western Plains Zoo on April 20, 2012 in Dubbo, Australia. The popular 35 year old Dubbo zoo is set in 3 square km of ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Southern Californians celebrating Thanksgiving didn’t just carve turkeys — some might have watched ostriches strut across ranches and gardens instead. While fashion ...

Although the federal government was partially closed last month, a creature in its custody, apparently unaware of any restrictions, produced a litter of four little ones in a breeding milestone.

A litter of four cheetah cubs was born on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Front Royal, Virginia, campus last month. Now, they can be seen through the Cheetah Cub Cam, a live camera feed available on ...

Even during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, life goes on — literally. While the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute was closed to the public and not sharing ...

A restaurant in Ostrich Towne has suddenly closed, and employees of Avestruz Tapas and Tequilas said they were left with little notice and no pay. The restaurant has a sign on the door reading that a ...