Calendars were first made so that people could predict recurring events, such as planting and harvest times. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar ordered that the new year be celebrated on January first to ...

Pro-Palestine activists called for an Irish boycott of the Eurovision Song ... at Dublin Zoo with a gun used by an unlicensed member of staff. Speaking in the Dáil, Murphy said the animal was ...

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The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...

Some animals require a bit more oversight, however, including the two male koalas named Brumby and Willum at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The fuzzy animals, which are native to Australia and made their ...

The zoo is open to visitors all year; however, it does close when Springfield experiences weather that could be dangerous to humans and animals. When the cold isn't quite so bitter, many animals ...

Phoenix Zoo officials say a list that ranks the zoo as one of the top 10 worst for elephants in North America has “no merit.” The list, which comes from animal rights group In Defense of ...

Wright continued that a better understanding of diseases that afflict animals is contributing to their longer life. Willie the donkey had been at Roger Williams Park Zoo since 2002; Nyalla at ...

"Without births, adult animals are deprived of one of their most basic evolutionary drives," says Marcus Clauss, lead author of the report. "Over time, zoo populations are also aging, jeopardizing ...

The San Francisco Zoo is keeping some animals out of sight, hoping to protect them as cases of bird flu are found in the Bay Area. The zoo announced on Dec. 10 that the African Aviary and South ...

A zoo has received nearly 50 donated Christmas trees as part of an annual appeal to help enrich the lives of its animals. Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire put out a request to the public for ...