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Answer: Birds do not have the sex organs common to mammals. Instead, both male and female birds have what's known as a cloaca ...

The challenges of modern wildlife conservation are far more complex than anything managers faced when the Idaho Department of Fish and Game was created by a citizens initiative in 1938.

The male tortoise who made all this possible is called Abrazzo. Zoo officials say the births are a nice sign for the zoo's ...

Every year, typically in early spring, many of Vermont’s amphibians leave their overwintering sites and migrate to the wetlands and ponds where they will breed and lay eggs. The timing of this annual ...

Roughly 230 million years ago, a group of alligator-sized amphibians convened on a floodplain in what is now west-central Wyoming. For some mysterious reason, the creatures all died around the same ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history. The ...

The hatchlings’ parents, female Mommy and male Abrazzo, however, are likely well-known to zoo-goers. Both are estimated to be ...

You’re probably familiar with the basic amphibian life plan: start as a wriggly water-breathing tadpole, then transform into ...

Argentine teju lizards have invaded Florida, and thanks to the pet trade and owners who tire of them and release the animals, they are negatively impacting native species. An article on Orlando.com, ...

It probably spent most, if not all, of its life in the water eating… anything unfortunate enough to venture too far into the ...

Vermont Fish and Wildlife is asking drivers to slow down and be cautious when travelling at night in early spring or to take ...