The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990s ...

In a protected part of the Amazon, Bacuri, a young manatee that was found stranded and alone, is being raised in captivity.

The semi-arid Kalahari Desert stretches over parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It’s an ecological wonderland that ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents -- the time to name those hatchlings will be much, much shorter.

Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, born in ...

Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley had its opening day Tuesday. Beyond the fun of visitors seeing animals, managers at the zoo hope to educate visitors about endangered species. Curator of Conservation and ...

Two 100-year-old, critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have just become first-time parents. The tortoises, named Mommy and Abrazzo, just had four of their eggs hatch. The ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities. Elderly Galapagos tortoise welcomes four critically endangered ...

Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St. Louis Zoo Facebook page. Zookeepers and guests are mourning a beloved ...