SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo unveiled a more than 27-foot-tall bronze lion at the zoo entrance today, drawing “roars” from a crowd of onlookers. The new statue was designed in honor of Rex, the lion ...

Tyrannosaurus rex was more of a scavenger than a hunter, researchers say. Feb. 23, 2011— -- The blood-thirsty Tyrannosaurus rex of our favorite books and movies may not be so ferocious after all.

U.S. schoolchildren in the 1950s learned to “duck and cover” from jaunty cartoon character Bert the Turtle in a famous civil-defense film on what to do in case of atomic attack. Baby boomers now have ...

Legend has it that more than a century ago, it was a lion’s unexpected roar that gave rise to the San Diego Zoo. Now, two years after the zoo’s centennial celebration, that storied animal has been ...