Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India's remote Ladakh region.

A male yak calf was born on July 3 at Bramble Park Zoo. The calf is healthy and can be seen on exhibit with his mother, Nina, and sister, Hershey. The baby yak is white with some black, in ...

In India’s remote Ladakh region, rising temperatures and erratic weather are making the wind-swept plains less hospitable to ...

Two critically endangered Amur leopard cubs were born at a Chicago area zoo. Officials at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago say the ...

The interactive Stingray Beach exhibit at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo will remain closed until further notice, officials said Friday.

On Thursday, an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter spotted her body roughly 1,700 feet below the ridge line of the area she planned to hike, state troopers shared in an update via Juneau Police.

Alaska State Troopers said 62-year-old Marites Buenafe had texted her family that she was going for a hike in Juneau, but didn't return to the ship.

At stake in the messy divorce between the city and the association is a nearly $50-million endowment that each side claims is theirs and that funds much of the zoo’s special projects, capital ...

Search ongoing for cruise ship passenger who didn't return from Alaska hike: Police Marites Buenafe was reported missing on Tuesday, Alaska Sate Troopers said.

Marites Buenafe, originally from Kentucky, told her family she'd disembarked from the Norwegian Bliss for a hike. She never came back to the ship.

Home Politics speed read Senate passes GOP megabill after Alaska side deal The pivotal yes vote came from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, whose support was secured following negotiated side deals for her ...

Anchorage fire officials announced a burn ban Saturday as evacuations and Parks Highway delays continued due to large lightning-caused fires burning near Fairbanks and Healy in Interior Alaska ...