From beetle-pinning classes to possum yoga, the Insect Asylum offers citydwellers a place to commune with nature.

From ceramics and weaving to taxidermy, here are five practices that are affordable, intriguing — and a great distraction.

“As the name implies, hognose, the nose kind of looks like a pig face it turns up like a pig snout and what they use that ...

A Nebraska opossum, now dubbed the “Cake Bandit,” was hospitalised after consuming an entire Costco chocolate mousse cake.

After news of the fundraiser spread on the online social platform Reddit, donors began contacting the zoo and making $15 ...

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

A herd of nine Asian elephants have been clocking up the miles over the past five days after being relocated from Melbourne ...

Throughout the zoo, festive Valentine’s decorations—including pink boxes and hearts—add to the romantic atmosphere. But for ...

An opossum was treated at a Nebraska animal hospital after wandering into a family's back yard and gorging itself on an ...

A Costco chocolate cake left on a deck is fair game to a Gretna neighborhood opossum, who is recovering at Nebraska Wildlife ...

For $15 the Minnesota Zoo will name a cricket or mealworm after someone you love — or hate — to be fed to an animal.

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is once again up for national recognition. The zoo is nominated for Best Zoo in USA TODAY’s ...