On a recent trip to Tennessee, I lost count of how many people told me the same strange and unusual thing about Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you stacked up all of the park’s salamanders ...

THE first-ever World Parasite Awareness Day takes place today and is a global initiative focused on keeping pets safe from ...

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park announced they have "once again" taken the ...

A semi truck crash on a Virginia highway's runaway truck ramp caused the roadway to become covered in loose corn kernels.

Police in Michigan put their cowboy skills to the test when they were called to round up a loose miniature horse that "had a ...

Despite the long flight, a 14-day cruise from Sydney to Auckland checks all the sight-seeing, cultural and culinary boxes.

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

The motto of The Wild Animal Sanctuary is "No Mating, Only Dating." Above all, The Wild Animal Sanctuary is a place for second chances.

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Far from the well-trodden tourism path, the Central African nation promises unparalleled access to nature at its wildest.

National Panda Day highlights global conservation efforts to protect pandas from habitat loss and possible extinction.

National K-9 Veterans Day is an annual March 13 celebration of "canine courage," and the bravery of military and police dogs.