The sun bear is the world’s smallest bear species, measuring in at around 1.1 to 1.4 meters (3.6 to 4.6 feet) long. That’s at ...

Hertfordshire Zoo has welcomed a young female red panda as part of a breeding programme to try to boost numbers of the endangered species. Nila, who is 17 months old, was born in Slovakia and has been ...

A new study finds a link between chemicals and bone loss that could damage males' penises, potentially harming reproduction.

It may be tempting to channel your inner Disney princess and befriend every animal you come across. But wildlife is always better left alone.

Living outside their natural Chinese habitat can disturb giant pandas’ internal rhythms, a finding that could lead to better ...

The original soft power couple from post-war China was a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Qi Qi, sent to the Soviet Union in 1957 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution, which ...

With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it's hard to mistake China's endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These ...

Threatened or endangered species are brought into captivity in an effort to prevent their extinction by encouraging breeding in a safe habitat. As the species begins to recover, the goal is to return ...

Our October Sunday inductees to Animal House, sponsored by Michigan Humane Hearing Abruptly Halted Amid Heated Exchange Tears as loyal dog waits by window each day for owner who'll never return ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Henny and Joy, the red panda cubs from the Buffalo Zoo, have officially become members of the Bills Mafia. The zoo shared a video of the two cubs ahead of Sunday's game, a 31-19 win ...

Hamsters are small rodents of the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains about 19 species. The golden or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is one of the best-known species of hamster. Syrian ...