NEW YORK — A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human ...

People in Palm Beach County may see tegus more often than they realize. They're the reptiles with the dotted black-and-white ...

Gopher tortoises do not play an active role in parenting their hatchlings and the young that do survive to hatch must fend for themselves. Young gophers are vulnerable to predation by snakes, raptors, ...

Gopher tortoises do not play an active role in parenting their hatchlings and the young that do survive to hatch must fend for themselves. Young gophers are vulnerable to predation by snakes ...

Korat Zoo has welcomed the arrival of 11 hatchlings of the Aldabra giant tortoise, the first zoo in Thailand to successfully breed the species. The 11 eggs hatched on Sunday, zoo director ...

In addition, their eggs, hatchlings, and juveniles are eaten by other animals, including rats, cats, and ants. Some have even been hit by cars. These tortoises have a seasonal migration pattern ...

Remember the World Famous Gopher Hole Museum? If not, here’s a quick refresher. Less than 1.5 hours from Calgary in the small town of Torrington is a museum dedicated to taxidermied gophers. When the ...