An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A new ...

What can and can't be owned as a pet in Tennessee? The list includes zebras, giraffes, kangaroos, bobcats and turtles. It ...

Learn how gibbons’ rotating wrists and powerful grips let them soar through trees and navigate dense rainforest canopies with ease.

When we think of the animal kingdom, most relationships seem to be fleeting, instinct-driven, and mostly for survival. But ...

Hastings, was bored and fidgety in the afternoons, so he built a camper from scratch. It took him three years.

Howard Blair got ticked off when his pup “Nutmeg” bit one of his other dogs — so he strangled the pooch to death, the sheriff ...

Mumbai customs shares photographs of its seizures regularly. Most appear to be drugs, gold or cash-related interceptions, with some travellers attempting to conceal illegal substances “inside the body ...

Tennessee law states just which animals can be legally kept as a pet and which only belong in the zoo or the wild.

The new red panda habitat will be located between the round cafe and the round stand in the Main Valley section of the zoo.

A 20-year-old Scranton man stomped a cat to death on Wednesday, Scranton police charge. Noah Gillis is facing a felony charge of aggravated cruelty to animals. According to the criminal complaint: ...

Yellowstone National Park is home to 11 species of reptiles and amphibians. Snakes make up nearly half of that number, with ...

JACKSON, Tenn. — A City of Jackson police officer and a fire-department paramedic are earning praise after teaming up to ...