Karen, a “vibrant and beloved” ostrich who made her home at the Topeka Zoo has died after swallowing a zoo staffer’s set of keys, zoo officials said.

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with activist and model Freya Aspinall on her family's organization – the Aspinall Foundation – and their mission of rewilding animals.

Her accessories were used by Britney Spears, the cast of “Sex and the City.”

Messi, the TSA explosives detection canine, had a retirement party in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport complete with over a dozen tennis balls, a bubble machine, party hat and cupcake.

North Carolina officials are investigating a filmed incident where a group of people picked up a bear cub from a tree and dropped it after posing with it for photos.

The most gentle doggy introduction you’ll ever see.

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents

Kevin the turkey was rescued from a slaughterhouse by Pennyslvania-based nonprofit J and J Farms Animal Sanctuary.

Researchers in India have found fossils of an ancient giant snake that could have been longer than a school bus

North Carolina wilderness experts are sounding the alarm over bear safety after a group of people were filmed picking up a cub and posing with it in photos.

North Carolina officials are investigating the incident that was caught on film.

The three-part series takes viewers underwater to see the creative ways ancient animals survive and communicate with each other and other species, including humans.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in...

A circus elephant got loose and roamed through traffic in Butte, Montana, on Tuesday. It was returned safely by its handlers.

Everyone is going bananas over the critically endangered baby girl Bornean Orangutan, who was born on April 13 at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay.

An Oklahoma father and son are going viral on TikTok documenting their adventures with a pet octopus and 50 octopus babies.

An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida

After being rescued from a bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, Chug the goat was reunited with his family.

Rare footage from Antarctica has been released showing 700 fledglings embarking on their very first swim by jumping off a 50-foot cliff.

Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world

Liz Houman and her daughter Lily were reunited with their dog Mishka, who went missing for eight months and was found over 2,000 miles away in Michigan.

A marine mammal rescue group says a dead humpback whale that has washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island was the first such death in the state this year

National Geographic was able to capture this rare and remarkable cliff diving behavior on video for the first time.

Federal fishery managers have voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row, and only the fourth time in state history, because of dwindling stocks

Famous for their nocturnal calls, loons are beloved aquatic birds of North America. But new research shows climate change impairs their ability to feed their young.

An escaped mountain goat that somehow got stuck under a Kansas City bridge has survived a rocky rescue effort and now may be reunited with the owners who suspect he was stolen from their farm

Istanbul Airport has made five new hires to provide a stress-free travel experience for anxious passengers: therapy dogs that are ready to offer support with snuggles, belly rubs and sloppy kisses

Authorities in Argentina say they found five monkeys -- four Capuchin and one Marikina -- hidden under the passenger seat of a truck driven by alleged wildlife smugglers.

Zoo Miami wildlife expert Ron Magill shares what people and researchers can expect to see from animals in the wild and in zoos during the total solar eclipse.

Dozens of rehabilitated turtles got their first taste of their natural habitat when they were released into the Atlantic Ocean months after they were found cold-stunned.

Dr. Rick Slayman says his transplant "marks a new beginning," not just for him, but the 90,000 people currently on the waitlist for a kidney in the U.S.q

The American citizen was killed in an accident while on a safari in Kafue National Park in Zambia on March 30, a Lusaka Police spokesperson told ABC News Tuesday.

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has offered to export 20,000 elephants to Germany in a conservation spat with Berlin.

An 80-year-old American woman was killed by an elephant while on safari at Kafue National Park in Zambia. Another tourist was seriously injured, and four others sustained minor injuries.

Infrared cameras on a nature preserve in China's Sichuan province captured a rare sight — a giant panda cub.

The tourist died after the attack at Kafue National Park.

Scientists will be studying how the solar eclipse will affect plant and animal activity on Earth.

Ahead of the April 8 total solar eclipse, pet owners are seeking advice on how to best protect their animal companions during this rare celestial occurrence.

Over the last 50 years, African elephant populations have decreased by at least 60% due to compounding threats, including poaching and habitat loss.

Scientists are puzzled over what is causing hundreds of fish to wash up dead in South Florida, including an endangered species native to the region.

A baby Eastern Black rhino has been born in Kenya, an event wildlife researchers are dubbing as a conservation success for the critically endangered species.

Home surveillance footage from Colorado captured the remarkable sight of raccoons casually walking about on their front paws.

There are currently only 1,000 eastern black rhinos living in the wild.

Bears, macaques and mongooses at a zoo in Germany were treated to a festive surprise on Wednesday — their very own Easter egg hunt.

The final results of a necropsy done on Flaco the beloved New York City owl were released on Monday afternoon.

Taylor Brooks was killed and Wyatt Brooks suffered severe injuries to his face while they were walking on a dirt road in El Dorado County, California.

A weekend outing to the Northern California woods took a horrific turn for two brothers when a mountain lion attacked them, killing one.

On Saturday, the El Dorado Sheriff's Office responded to a mountain lion attack that left one dead and one injured.

Officials said it was the first fatal attack by a cougar in California in 20 years.

Two orphaned bobcat kittens are settling into their new home at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. The zoo says they are “full of energy and curiosity for their new surroundings."