wild animals

A silverback gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo was shot over the weekend after a four-year-old human boy got into his enclosure.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are suing the Bureau of Land Management to block construction of fences in northern Nevada that they say are intended to appease livestock ranchers at the risk of harming sage grouse and the drought-stricken federal rangeland.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After years of pressure, SeaWorld made the surprise announcement that it no longer breeds killer whales in captivity and will soon stop making them leap from their pools or splash audiences on command.

The bald eagle is one of America's greatest symbols and up until 2007, these majestic birds were almost extinct. Now, their population is flourishing and it has a lot to do with places like the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, NY.

Dog eat dog? No, New York is definitely rat eat rat.

Who among us hasn't secretly (or not so secretly) wished he was left alone at night in a donut shop?

As quickly as a raccoon can take food he can lose it, too.

You know the cliche about dogs chasing mailmen. Well, perhaps it's time to start a new cliche.

You know who loves magic? Orangutans!

This is probably not what people mean when they say they're "swapping spit."