Artificial walkways in the Amazon rainforest aren't only being used by researchers and tourists to safely traverse the canopy. It turns out that these passages are also convenient for the local ...

The Brevard Zoo has officially welcomed Jack, a 22-year-old Goeldi monkey, and his 9-year-old son Poe, marking the first time this rare primate species has joined Brevard Zoo’s animal family.

A new wooded outdoor habitat modeled after the Himalayan foothills is slated to open at the Minnesota Zoo this weekend and will feature red pandas, cranes and a deer. The Red Panda Forest Habitat, on ...

A shy, ferret-sized predator called the coastal marten has been quietly hanging on in the forests of southern Oregon and northern California.

How many animals are in the zoo? If it is the Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center, then the number is over 200 native and exotic animals. On Saturday, March 29, the zoo begins its weekend schedule ...

Families in Chicagoland can now explore lush rainforests and watch chimps swing through towering trees all without leaving the state. The Brookfield Zoo, the largest zoo in the Chicago area, will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Indiana Forest Alliance and a team of scientists spent years identifying the plants and animals in Indiana’s backcountry and ...

The first major new exhibit to be constructed at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo in nearly a decade, Forest Trailhead establishes a new center of gravity at the zoo — one bringing conservation awareness ...

Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises rescued from the illegal wildlife trade back into their unique spiny forest home.

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world's forests.