Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The capybara – a South American relative of the guinea pig -- is the latest in a long line of “it ...

It's been a symbol of American freedom since the country's founding, but its status as the national bird is unofficial. The national symbol of America, the bald eagle, will be officially recognized ...

The sunflower sea star—which can span more than three feet across—is a ravenous, roving apex predator able to devour armored animals ... 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Australia’s agriculture ministers have today endorsed a National Statement on Animal Welfare, which acknowledges the role of practices and standards informed by science and evidence and key priority ...

But a few years into the avian outbreak, it is clear that the virus is an unwelcome new danger to animals that are already ... the virus has hit the national emblem itself: the bald eagle.