The director of Kent’s Wildwood Trust is questioning whether wolves should be kept in captivity after putting down the park’s entire pack to stop them from killing each other. The five wolves – Odin, ...

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these animals live freely. Instead, zoos relocate ...

Whether we're talking about animals or humans, gut microbes are essential for health, metabolism and protecting against infection. While captivity is known to alter the gut microbiota of wildlife, the ...

Over the last decade, Argentina has been closing its zoos and relocating animals to sanctuaries and rescue centers. But moving elephants has proved harder than expected. Kenya at the Mendoza Ecopark, ...

Meerkats are small, big-eyed, highly social mongooses who live in South Africa in packs ranging from two to more than 30 individuals in which complex social networks and social hierarchies regulate ...