As educators, we’re always looking for new ways to motivate our students and invigorate our teaching. In my class of English-language learners, students often, justifiably, are fearful being in a new ...

In response to the recent articles on “banning” pit bulls, it is so apparent how much ignorance still pervades our society regarding animals.To ban an entire breed because some owners have chosen to ...

Dickerson Park Zoo is expanding its role beyond animal exhibits by offering a wide range of educational programs designed to ...

Have you ever assigned personalities to your pets and explained their behaviors in terms of human motivations, such as imagining that a cat is being stubborn? The attribution of human characteristics, ...

Even solitary animals, like the octopus, learn survival tricks from other animals. Olga Visavi/Shutterstock Many animals live in groups. One of the main benefits of this is shared knowledge. This ...

Seaquest, a completely interactive experience for families and children of all ages, provides an opportunity to explore rain forests, deserts and oceans while interacting with some of the most magical ...

Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators volunteer Shawn Tyler holds on to a small opossum as he leads an educational session during tour of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Ind., Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

Local families took advantage of summer-like conditions to come out April 3 to Lake Metroparks’ Penitentiary Glen Reservation, where they learned how animals parent their young, practiced using their ...

The amazing survival strategies of polar marine creatures might help to explain how the first animals on Earth could have evolved earlier than the oldest fossils suggest according to new research.