The colorful tropical birds are highly prized in the illegal wildlife trade. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A male rehabilitated toucan in Bronx Zoo World of Birds. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Over a dozen keel-billed toucans () that were found stuffed inside of a vehicle's dashboard officially have a clean bill of health.

Environment Animals Wildlife Endangered Species Earth's largest otters have chocolate bar-sized babies Chester Zoo celebrates the birth of giant otter triplets. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. While they only weigh 7.1 ounces as babies, giant otters can grow to six-feet-long and weigh up to 71 pounds. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It turns out that giant otter () newborns are actually quite small, weighing just around 7.1 ounces.

There's more than one way to pass down those genes. These rodents live to serve their queen, who can have over 30 babies at one time. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Valentine's Day means that love and coupling up is in the air. While our idea of romance may be lacking when it's time to reproduce, some species make up for it with fascinating strategies to pass their genes on to the next generation and ensure survival.

The endangered pygmy slow loris is the only known venomous primate on Earth. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. As 2025 drew to a close, the Bronx Zoo in New York welcomed one of the most adorable animals you could imagine into the world: a pygmy slow loris (). In the picture shared by the zoo, the tiny endangered primate baby stares out with its giant dark eyes so intensely you'd think it was born with its eyes open. Indeed, that's exactly how slow lorises come out--as well as completely covered in fur.

The evergreen trees give kangaroos, bison, lions, and more extra shelter and fun. Capybaras use donated Christmas trees as wind breaks to protect their habitats. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The presents are unwrapped, the cookies are crumbs, and that real Christmas tree will become a fire hazard soon enough. Most of us haul it out to the curb for our local sanitation departments to take care of, but some lucky trees make it into the paws of animals living in zoos.

Queens Zoo's breeding program aims to protect the vulnerable New England cottontail. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The grey-brown New England cottontail ()--New England's only native rabbit --once thrived throughout the northeastern United States. In recent decades, however, the species' population has plummeted due to habitat loss, and its range has diminished by over 80 percent since the 1960s. What's more, New England cottontails are often outcompeted by the non-native eastern cottontail ().

The endangered baby Komodo dragons were recently born at ZooTampa. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Though Komodo Dragons () live only on a few Indonesian islands --including the aptly named island of Komodo--they're pretty famous reptiles . That's because they are the largest and heaviest lizards in the world, growing up to eight to ten feet long and weighing between 100 and 150 pounds on average. With a forked tongue, long claws, and a strong venomous bite, they certainly live up to their mythological name.

Environment Animals Wildlife A zookeeper's burnt lunch revealed a lizard's secret survival skill Australia's sleepy lizards know to go when they smell smoke. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Millions of years of evolution have taught some reptiles the importance of the old adage, "Where there's smoke, there's fire." Take the sleepy lizards () of Australia. Researchers at Macquarie University found that these small, stubby-tailed reptiles become agitated after catching a whiff of something burning.

Rozi was born in late February at Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, by emergency caesarean after her mother, Siri, went into labour early. Lions' record-breaking swim across channel captured by drone camera Siri never produced milk, and because Rozi was critically unwell for the first weeks of her life, the mother and daughter had to be separated. Rozi's two siblings were stillborn, so as the sole surviving cub, she faced the prospect of at least 18 months in isolation, leaving her ill-equipped to join the zoo's breeding programme. Zookeepers decided that if Rozi was going to develop and socialise normally, giving her the best chance of successfully breeding one day, she would need a step-sibling. Unmissable news about our planet, delivered straight to your inbox each month.

Ringling Bros. circus star who performs by the name Nick Nack walks Fox News Digital through the process of learning a balancing act called rola bola, which he combines with many other talents, like juggling and comedy. Jan Damm performs as Nick Nack in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus show. His character has a large comedic presence, but he also has other tricks up his sleeve. Damm performs a balancing act called rola bola and is a master juggler. He is also joined on stage by a unique partner, a robotic dog named Bailey.