Conservationists thought that this massive, scaly creature was gone altogether in this West African country, until it was ...

The planet has hundreds of cute, cuddly, adorable animal species. How can you narrow them down to one list? It wasn’t easy, ...

Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, have been around for 64 million years. Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to Costa Rica to learn ...

Giant panda cubs are adorable fluff balls that squeak and squeal. This endangered species is also incredibly tricky to breed and raise in captivity. In the 1960s, only 30 percent of infant pandas born ...

From giant pandas to koalas, the species used to grab our attention are often cute and cuddly. In other words, they make great stuffed toys for kids. “There’s never a stuffed blobfish ...

The charismatic and slow three-toed sloth is just one of many animals species that Smithsonian scientists study, from within our vast collections to live animals at our research centers and National ...

An endangered species is a plant or animal at serious risk ... it emits a scent reminiscent of rotting flesh. Cute. Sagittarius is the sign of good times and relentless optimism, and the Axolotl ...

The Pine Grove Zoo in Little Falls is the home to nearly 100 animals. Of those, there are about 35 different species, said ...

According to Dr. Logan Kistler, an expert in ancient DNA at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), one of the many, ...

These adorable little fellows are among the nine Mexican wolf pups born at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo in April. Seven of the ...

These adorable little fellows are among the nine Mexican wolf pups born at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo in April. Seven of the ...