Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic ...

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Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three ...

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More than a dozen Bornean elephants have been killed — including five beheaded — in Malaysia in the past 18 months, the ...

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As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys — ...

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When you see this neon-purple toad, you'll might assume it's just an AI-generated fake — but this bright, pint-sized creature ...

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