A bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death with bullets lodged in its brain, spinal cord and heart and authorities are offering a reward for information on who did it.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Researchers at the Smithsonian have discovered a new ancient species of amphibians that could help explain how modern-day frogs evolved.

The safari guide who warded off the aggressive elephant praised by wildlife experts.

Aetosaurs are a species likened to modern crocodiles that lived during the Triassic Period, 229 million to 200 million years ago.

For the second year in a row, the French bulldog has claimed the top spot.

Schubarth trafficked large sheep from Kyrgyzstan to clone embryos and illegally inseminate female sheep to create hybrids.

Bees swarmed the primary showcourt during the quarter-final match between Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Germany's Alexander Zverev.

A new small study, published in the Plos One journal, suggests that playing with dogs can lead to stress reduction, stimulate brain activity and help with concentration.

The number of bull sharks -- one of the most aggressive species of shark in the world -- increased significantly in a 20-year period, and warmer sea water is to blame.

Python meat could offer a form of meat much less carbon intensive than the current options, according to researchers who studied python farms in Southeast Asia.

Dan Hemby, the turtle's owner, says it vanished from Hemby's vehicle Sunday while traveling from Jacksonville, North Carolina, to the Durham Reptile Expo.

Golden Dog Farm offers a "happy" hour where guests can play with at least ten golden retrievers for 90 minutes.

A study has found that a marine heatwave may have led to the decline of humpback whales.

Nearly 500 rhinos were killed in South Africa last year.

SeaQuest says the top priority of its shopping mall aquariums is animal health and safety, but some advocates, parents and former employees are raising red flags.

Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl, has died, according to Central Park Zoo.

A group of cyclists saved a fellow rider's life by fighting off a cougar that attacked her over the weekend on a suburban Seattle trail, according to authorities.

Approximately 44% of migratory species across the world are in population decline and more than 20% of migratory species face extinction, the U.N. reports.