A pair of capybaras, Humboldt penguins, giant Galapagos tortoises and a ring-tailed lemur troop were among the animals to step on the scales at London Zoo’s annual weigh-in. Priscilla, a 30-year-old ...

THE GALAPAGOS—A low rumble, a cross between muffled mooing and distant foghorns, pierces the heavy air. This is what it sounds like when giant tortoises mate. The song is bizarre yet magically ...

A new arrival is drawing visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific, where Rosie, a 4-year-old Magellanic penguin, has ...

Many people consider penguins to be among their favorite creatures on the planet. There’s something special about seeing a group of flightless tuxedoed birds gathering in groups and waddling from ...

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Welcome to summer, I think. Well, with the cold, wet weather, you may be thinking winter, but the beach is open, and the merchants are ready for the warm weather. I have just returned from a visit to ...

I quickly splash back into the water from the edge of the panga (or dinghy) where I was taking a break from snorkeling. My wetsuit is only half-zipped, but I quickly swim the 30 or so feet to where my ...

Gramma, who died at the zoo on Thursday, was believed to have been born in 1884, when Chester A. Arthur was in the White ...