Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had been ...

Some have to travel far to find unique clothes, stuffed animals and other gifts for babies and children. Parents and grandparents of young kids have it made in Lee’s Summit. Two children’s boutique ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. But what ...

I was shopping at Shoppers Drug Mart when I saw a mountain of Valentine’s Day stuffed animals and gifts all marked down to $1 ...

The last time the Cincinnati Zoo’s hippo Fiona picked the Philadelphia Eagles to win the Super Bowl, she was correct.

Wildlife groups argue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to put common hippos on the endangered list to protect against U.S.

A hippo smacks her lips grazing three metres from my tent at 3am. At campfire breakfast, a leopard breezily strides past.

A new plush toy modeled after Kirby will appear courtesy of the German stuffed animal manufacturer Steiff. VPC opened pre-orders for the new stuffed toy on its Japan-exclusive ValueMall website.

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy ...

That blood-like secretion that appears on hippopotamus skin is neither sweat nor blood. It’s actually a mixture of antibacterial lotion and sunscreen. Scientists have identified the “red sweat ...

Besides elephants and rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses are the largest living land animal. Though they resemble giant pigs, their closest relatives are cetaceans like whales and porpoises. Hippos are ...

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