While the snake season in Pietermaritzburg started fairly busy, extreme heat in recent weeks appears to have pushed reptiles into hiding, says local snake catcher Dean Boswell. He says snakes are ...

Two giant pandas born and raised in a Tokyo zoo have arrived at a conservation and research center in China's Sichuan Province. The 4-year-old twins were the last remaining pandas in Japan. Xiao Xiao ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo's giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao spent time outside in the snow while a massive winter storm hit the DC region. The zoo explained why the pair are kept in separate ...

Who doesn’t love a snow day? The most popular animals at the National Zoo in D.C. — the giant pandas — certainly did. A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur ...

Thousands of people flocked to a zoo in Japan on Sunday to say farewell to the country's last two giant pandas, who are set to return to China on Tuesday. Emotions ran high at the Ueno zoo in Tokyo as ...

TOKYO — Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday will leave Japan ...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans could go without heat "for days" beginning this weekend when a catastrophic winter storm carves a path across a wide swath of the U.S. In some cases, the outages ...

If you’re still dreaming of a white Christmas, it’s past time to lower your expectations. According to the latest holiday forecast, a warm air mass expanding over the south-central U.S. will bring ...

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday to catch a final glimpse, with ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

As climate change produces ever more heat waves, how many homes in the U.S. lack adequate cooling? Who's most vulnerable to lethal temperatures, and exactly where do they live? A researcher at the ...