An Oklahoma Christmas music legend is getting some permanent recognition, as the OKC Zoo is honoring Gayla Peevey with a statue of her and her beloved Christmas gift.

Baby Talk Across Species Human caregivers spent about 95% of their vocal time directly addressing their infants, while great ape mothers directed vocalizations at their babies less than 1% of the time ...

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Video from the Brookfield Zoo’s Western Lowland Gorilla Pit showed a then-8-year-old gorilla named Binti Jua making her way to the unconscious tot. Onlookers feared the worst, wondering what the ...

Previous reporting: Great Plains Zoo unveiled a new lion exhibit last year. SFZA’s marketing director Denise DePaolo says Sanford “encouraged this partnership” and that San Diego doesn’t ...

Attendees enjoyed cuisines from around the world, animal and zookeeper meet-and-greets, adult beverages, and exclusive zoo experiences.

The White House on Thursday dug in on its expectation that Congress will pass the massive reconciliation package containing the president’s key agenda items by next week, despite a major setback ...

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children often involving a particular speech style also termed “baby-talk”.

A 1-year-old flamingo has charmed her way into daily staff meetings with her keepers at the National Zoo in D.C.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - June is National Zoo Appreciation Month. When most people think of the zoo, they picture the animals; the roars, the chirps, the rustling in the trees.

Carnegie Corp. of New York's 2025 class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans include composer and conductor Tania León, last year's Nobel Prize winner in economics Simon Johnson, and Voto Latino ...