A Vermont pilot took a six-week off-season job in Africa, providing safaris from hot air balloons.

The Milwaukee County Zoo is opening the Ladish Co. Foundation Rhino Care Center on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The center, which cost $22.6 million, includes the Robert Dohmen Hippo Indoor Haven and yards for ...

Five lions were sprawled out and sunning on rocks alongside Kenya's Voi River. Hippos wallowed nearby. Elephants drank and splashed. Then, on some imperceptible signal, the mood shifted. The lions ...

No one casts a shadow over the history and legacy of Colombia quite like Pablo Escobar. Once the most powerful drug ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara, is ...

Most safari brochures highlight lions mid-roar and crocodiles lurking at riverbanks. Meanwhile, the animal responsible for more human deaths in Africa than any other large land mammal often looks half ...

Acadiana could soon have its own Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo in Thailand who's taken the internet by storm. Zoosiana recently welcomed two pygmy hippopotamuses, Bella and Noche, with the hopes of ...

The center, which cost $22.6 million, includes the Robert Dohmen Hippo Indoor Haven and yards for zebras and red river hogs. It offers 61,000 square feet of habitat and allows guests to view the ...