If you like exploring castles, wandering through ruins in the mist, or trying to solve a historical mystery or two, you need ...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is floating a big idea for the city’s riverfront: a feasibility study for a stand‑alone "Pennsylvania Aquarium" on the North Shore, which could give downtown Pittsburgh a ...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is studying the feasibility of a stand-alone aquarium to address a statewide void for such an attraction.

Florida firefighters jumped into action when a driver arrived at their station with a python hiding inside her vehicle ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...

Without a resident groundhog, the Milwaukee County Zoo had an eastern black rhino – one of its newest residents – handle its Groundhog Day prediction this year. According to non-scientific tradition, ...

As the country waits on this year’s spring prediction from beloved psychic groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, the Birmingham Zoo has announced its own forecast. On Sunday, Birmingham Zoo staff shared a ...

BC-Indonesia-Giant Snake,0218 AP Photos JAK105-106 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49 feet long and weighs nearly 990 pounds, a local ...

On a recent afternoon, Carl Jackson and his family were hunting for pythons on a dirt road about 30 miles east of Naples in Big Cypress National Preserve. Jackson said he turned his truck around to ...

When it comes to tackling invasive species in South Florida, it's not just about spotting and removing. A group of University ...