Humans have used geckos in the pursuit of skin cancer treatments. So it seems fitting that when a gecko at the National Zoo was spotted with tumors, humans went all in to save the little fella.

Smithsonian/Roshan Patel It started, as many cancers do, with a lump. Keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center spotted it during a routine checkup—a small ...

The Zurich Zoo says a 19-year-old Asian elephant has given birth to a male calf. Its name starting with the letter Z will be ...

the National Zoo. The orangutan’s name is Iris. Yes, Iris for I-R-S. She “was born here on April 15, 1987,” the zoo said on social media. That fact was followed by an exclamation point ...

On this week's Wild Wednesday, we learn more about Amahle and Simba, the African lions at the Great Plains Zoo.

Three bunnies from the Arizona Humane Society not only found new homes but are becoming ambassadors for their species at the ...

educational and research centers and the National Zoo. My immediate reaction? Surely, you jest, sir. There may not be any area of American discourse that is more divisive or conflict ridden than ...

An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...

SUAMICO (NBC 26) — The NEW Zoo in Suamico welcomes their newest resident: Anga, a 3-year-old African lioness that just ...