Revelations that a polar bear and a snow leopard came close to escaping from their enclosures at the San Francisco Zoo over the past week renewed questions Friday about the safety of visitors and ...

For Asha and Shanti, life is exciting and new as they settle into their new digs. These sisters have moved into an upscale enclosure at the Big Bear Alpine Zoo and are adjusting to the new ...

A Ventura County animal sanctuary will pay more than $50,000 after it was found to possess 15 restricted species, including ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police say they saved a sun bear, a clouded leopard and a baby orangutan from the wildlife trade after a tip from conservationists who tracked the illegal activities ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Less than three weeks after an escaped tiger killed a teenager at the San Francisco Zoo, two new incidents have surfaced that are bringing fresh attention to the facility”s handling of ...

A wayward bear was spotted roaming across the Lafayette College campus in Easton Friday morning. Lafayette police said the black bear was spotted about 6:40 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. around Skillman Library ...

Humpback whales. Some cetaceans are in big trouble. The Yangtze River dolphin is down to a few individuals, at best. Right whales could disappear by the end of the century. Yet we’ve been repeating ...

The leopard belonged to a man from Forth Worth, Texas, identified in the police report as B.L. Honeywell. He had brought the leopard — and a lion and a bear — to the Dixie Classic Fair, where people ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — Sochi’s mascots for the 2014 Winter Olympics are a squeaky-voiced figure skating bunny, a roly-poly polar bear and a cool-guy snowboard leopard. The unusual decision to have three ...

Authorities arrested a Malaysian woman after finding a baby honey bear, a leopard cat and a slow loris primate in her condominium, a wildlife official said Monday. Officials acting on a tip discovered ...