The giant panda's immune system is fairly diverse, genetically speaking, suggesting the endangered species may be more resilient to environmental change than previously thought, scientists say.

Specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons allows them to completely absorb the skeletons of their prey.

This mom to the panda pieds is just as crazy as last year and gets pretty close to landing one on me! She is a motley goldenchild ...

It’s time the gob-faced squid and taildropper slug got the attention they deserve, argues Simon Watt, creator of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society Why did you decide to draw attention to less ...

BRUSSELS, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Belgian animal park on Tuesday announced that three of its five pandas will leave for China this year.

The hooded seal is just one of 60 animals included in his book, “ Ugly Animals: We Can’t All Be Pandas,” out today, which profiles exceptionally unattractive endangered animals and offers ...

Chinese zoo admits their ‘pandas’ are just dogs painted black and white A Chinese zoo has been forced to come clean after bizarre footage of their ‘pandas’ shocked the world.

An endangered red panda has been found alongside 86 other animals inside luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand’s Customs Department said in a statement Wednesday.

Twenty-seven illegal animals have been removed from the building in Campbellton, N.B., where two boys were killed by an African rock python, including four American alligators kept in the main ...

At the National Zoo, the new pandas, still too young for romance, have nevertheless given welcome indications that they are interested in each other, staff members say.