This shot of a bat landing on water has been named 'Splash' and is nominated in the Animals category of the competition ...

Discover the yet-to-be-crowned Close-up Photographer of the Year and the incredible worlds revealed in astonishing detail ...

Some animals are built for speed. The cheetah, for example, can reach speeds of up to 120 km/h. That's faster than most cars on city roads. The peregrine falcon dives through the air at over 300 km/h.

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids welcomed its first pygmy hippo calf on Sept. 3. Only 22 institutions in North America are home to the endangered species that went viral with Moo Deng's birth last ...

Pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) are masters of camouflage. They are among the smallest vertebrates, just the size of a thumbnail, and live in coral reefs in the western Pacific. There they ...

Zoo Miami’s beloved pygmy hippopotamus, Aubergine, got some extra care this week after showing signs of lethargy and a drop in appetite. Born at the zoo in August 2018, Aubergine has faced big ...

Officials at the San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center are celebrating a historic milestone Sunday, as their beloved pygmy hippopotamus Hannah Shirley became the oldest such animal ever in ...

She rose from afternoon slumbers with something pinching her tail. Three feet below the surface of San Diego Bay her equine head, crowned with a five-point coronet, poked through a blanket of eel ...