For most of us, visiting the zoo as a child brings up happy memories of adventures, melting ice cream, and childhood friends.

Tula-Tu, the elephant calf born earlier this month, is undeniably cute. But she isn’t the first baby animal to cause visitors to Portland’s zoo to audibly say, “Awwwwww.” Here are 12 sweet ...

The Minnesota Zoo's “name a bug” campaign ... Hurts” fundraiser at the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage, Alaska. For a US$100 (£80) donation, she named a frozen rat after ...

After sea star wasting disease wiped out more than 90 percent of the ocean's wild sunflower sea star population, divers brave ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Feel like dissing instead ... bug’s name before feeding them to bigger animals. The Minnesota Zoo’s campaign to name a bug after either a friend or a foe has ...

A beloved reindeer in Alaska's biggest city is fighting for his life after falling mysteriously falling ill after someone ...

Alaska has killed more than 200 bears as part of its ‘intensive management’ program intended to help a caribou herd.

Sure, several inches of the white fluffy stuff blanketed the city this week. But coming off two very snowy, record-breaking ...

The juvenile fin whale washed ashore on the Anchorage mud flats in November and drew thousands of visitors. It’s still there.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday said Mount Spurr is at risk of erupting within the next few weeks or months, potentially impacting residents 78 miles away in the city of Anchorage.

Star VII, the unofficial mascot for the Alaska city, nearly died when a person sprayed it with air freshener, the animal’s ...