Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo has welcomed three cute new residents — a trio of young Mexican spider monkeys who have ...

M y wife — as usual — understood the situation before I did. The night before, Monday, Jan. 6, we’d both been awoken by the ...

The San Francisco Zoo's only male gorilla, a 43-year-old silverback named Oscar Jonesy, died unexpectedly on Thursday. The Western Lowland gorilla died following a medical procedure, according to ...

A “committee” of Cape vultures is swooping into the Los Angeles Zoo to make its home in an exhibit that seeks to mirror the ...

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They have destroyed entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles, including those in the beautiful and affluent Pacific Palisades community nestled along the Pacific Ocean between Malibu and Santa Monica. The ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires both erupted on Jan. 7. Los Angeles County has been devastated by two deadly wildfires that have become some of the most destructive in California history.

Today's the big day! Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are making their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., ahead of ...

Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...

The Hughes fire, about 45 miles (72 km) north of Los Angeles, grew to more than 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares), forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate a region already reeling from the ...

CASTAIC, California: A rapidly growing wildfire broke out some 80 km north of Los Angeles on Wednesday (Jan 22), burning 20 sq km, while two major fires burning in the metropolitan area for more ...

It looks like a smoke bomb went off." Smoke from the fire caused "worsening air quality" forcing Ventura College to close, while Los Angeles Zoo shut its doors over "Red Flag" weather conditions.