A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks to bite marks found on a skeleton in a gladiator cemetery. This adds a ...

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

D.G. Martin looks at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Professor David Gessner's book about Flaco, the world's most famous bird.

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Like millions of Britons of a certain age, my childhood was made more joyous by Johnny Morris, the presenter of the TV ...

Animals at the Buin Zoo in Santiago celebrated Easter Sunday with an array of colorful eggs filled with delicious treats. (AP ...

The capybara — a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig — is the latest “it” animal to get star treatment in ...

Zoos have undergone a rethink in recent decades with the emphasis on the conservation of species and education, rather than ...

She is heading to a better life after spending more than 30 years in captivity as the last elephant of a Buenos Aires zoo ...

Young tegus are emerald green with black markings and a tail that has yellow and black bands. Over several months and after ...

A quartet of 12-week-old North African lion cubs were spotted playing in the spring sunshine at Whipsnade Zoo in England in a video released on Tuesday (April 15). Is the dollar losing its appeal as ...

Matt Kinzer is the only man to play for both the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Tigers. Kinzer was the Lions punter for a game in 1987 and was in the Tigers bullpen during the 1990 season.