The stingrays — which arrived in December 2023 — are among roughly 150 species in the district's marine biology lab. Another ...

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

There’s something uniquely poetic about traveling by train; the gentle sway, the rhythmic click of wheels on tracks, and the ...

Saratoga High School senior Lucy Zhang presented her research on the link between whale songs and human musical compositions ...

Last month, Phoenix’s giraffe community grew by one calf, as 12-year-old Sunshine of the Phoenix Zoo gave birth to a baby ...

The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A ...

Kachemak Bay State Park near Homer, Alaska, is that rare gem where Mother Nature shows off without the crowds typically photobombing her masterpiece. Alaska has a funny way of making you feel ...

Crystal Cove offers that increasingly rare experience of California beach life without the carnival atmosphere that characterizes so many coastal hotspots. No boardwalk hawkers selling sunglasses, no ...

Watch us build a unique 3-floor heart-shaped aquarium using cement and brick – the perfect DIY garden decoration!