Belfast Zoo welcomes three ‘playful’ young lion brothers - Belfast Zoo is hoping to hold the lions until full maturity, which ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- First, the Milwaukee Brewers had "pocket pancakes." Now, they have pocket turtles. Ahem, tortoise. This all probably needs an explanation. During a game last August, Brewers ...

To protect the desert tortoise, a federal judge has closed more than 2,200 miles of California’s Western Mojave Desert to off-road vehicles. By the government’s own monitoring, those vehicles are ...

Labor Day falls on Monday, Sept. 1. Arriving a little early this year, the holiday provides one final long weekend ahead of fall, and for many people, it provides an opportunity to take one last trip ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. An albatross is a large, ...