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The Denver Zoo's baby African pancake tortoise has a new name! Find out the breakfast-themed name that won TODAY.com voters over.
My GIANT African Land Snail & Her Babies! My pet snails. Hey guys! Today I decided to show off my giant african land snail, Shrek. Shrek was rescued from certain doom by a kind couple who found ...
As such, African dwarf frogs are some of the best pet frogs for aquarium owners because they can peacefully live and swim alongside certain species of freshwater fish, such as guppies, corydoras ...
Cellphone video captured the motorist’s screams upon spotting a 1-inch baby frog on her dashboard while she was driving. Seconds later, the frog jumped on the driver’s side door.
Scientists have proven that frog saliva is an effective hippo tranquilizer, calming their blood-thirsty urges, thereby protecting babies while causing minimal damage to the hippo’s neurological ...
Among them is the tiny, 4-centimeter (1.6-inch) Cuyaba dwarf frog (Physalaemus nattereri), which defends itself by ballooning its rear end to reveal large fake eyes and scare potential predators away.
Three young conservationists were recently named winners of the 2025 Future For Nature (FFN) Awards for their initiatives to conserve amphibians, pangolins and Andean wildlife. The winners will ...
The Denver Zoo’s African penguin flock is just a little fluffier this week after a recently born chick was released from the intensive care unit, zoo officials said.
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park has announced the hatching of seven African Dwarf Crocodiles, unmatched by any other facility in the world. This brings the total number of ...
A 3D anatomical atlas of the model organism Xenopus laevis (the African clawed frog) is now available to aid researchers in understanding embryonic development and metamorphosis — the ...
Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills.
Doctors and nurses at Adventists HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center celebrated several rare February 29 birthdays as 12 Leap Day babies were born Thursday.