Supported by By Emily Anthes Emily Anthes is a science reporter who writes Pet Theory, a column about our creature companions ...

When Donald Trump publicly fantasized about alligators eating immigrants trying to escape a detention center, he was echoing ...

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo prepares over 250 custom meals daily for its 1,300 animals, including elephants, primates, and parrots.

Wild orcas on more than 30 occasions in four oceans have attempted to share their prey with people, potentially to develop ...

To calculate how often one person might eat each of those items in a year, the study looked at recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Tony Saravo of Bellmore feels reptiles are grossly misunderstood. The 24 year-old owner of Uncle Tony’s Reptile Show has made ...

It is useful to arrange animals along a continuum of otherness; in any culture, different stories will be told about animals ...

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Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the Cincinnati Zoo for years, loves to eat, especially corn on the cob.

Kroger is anything but a lone voice in the wilderness when he argues that there are many nutritional benefits to eating insects. Hamburger, for example, is roughly 18 percent protein and 18 ...

As the boy gets closer, the lioness reacts. In a sudden move, she pounces towards the glass and opens her jaws wide as if ...