The Houston Zoo's veterinary team said Rhossi appears healthy, active, and vigorous overall.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kemp's ridley is the smallest and most endangered sea turtle. Cold-stunning events are further threatening their species.

During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

This is either bad news with a silver lining or ominous good news, depending on how you look at it. After centuries of being hunted, shelled, eaten, and generally destroyed by colonial greed and ...

One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star. University ...

Imagine explaining to your child what a rhino looked like — not from memory, but from a photograph. That grim possibility is closer to reality than most people realize. Scientists estimate that Earth ...

Discover 10 endangered species in Maryland, from leatherback sea turtles and rare frogs to wildflowers and other at-risk ...