Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate.

Few animals look as calm and harmless as a hippo lounging in the water, but appearances can be deceiving. Dangerously so, in ...

David & Murray Armstrong grew up as surfers living on a farm in a part of the world known for its beaches, mountains, and savannah populated by big game like rhinos, antelope, lions, leopards, and ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo offers free daytime entry from Dec. 26–30, 2025 (parking fees still apply). Guests can visit the newly opened Rhino Care Center and the Hippo Indoor Haven to see rhinos and ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo opened its new Ladish Co. Foundation Rhino Care Center to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 9. It's the final phase of the more than $50 million Adventure Africa upgrade. The ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo completed the transformation of its homes for big African animals by opening a new rhino and hippo facility with a ribbon-cutting event Dec. 9. The new Ladish Co. Foundation ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's new home for its rhinos and hippo opens to the public Dec. 9. The Ladish Co. Foundation Rhino Care Center is designed to bring the public "closer than ever" to the zoo's ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mahali, the Denver Zoo’s beloved Nile hippopotamus, will stay in the Mile High City a little longer than expected. Zoo officials in July announced that the ...