Visitors to Penitentiary Glen Reservation learned just how difficult it can be to grow up in the wild – and the ways that wildlife specialists care for wild animals – during Lake Metroparks ...

Throughout the four-day camp, the kids learn how to milk a goat, bottle feed miniature Highland calves, groom and bathe the animals, and go horseback riding.

The Denver Zoo gave kids a chance to learn all about animal care in a special way on Saturday. The zoo held its sixth Teddy Bear Clinic sponsored by Children's Hospital Colorado. Kids brought ...

If you’re raising children alongside animals, you’ll want species that are gentle, patient, and relatively safe to handle.

The high-living Hollywood “doctor feel-good” known as the “Ketamine Queen” — who kept addicted actor Matthew Perry stocked with the drugs that killed him — is facing up to 45 years behind bars after ...

From kids' programs at WonderLab and public library to music by Grateful Dead tribute band, there's something for all ages this weekend.

Explore Chicago's top indoor animal experiences for kids, from aquariums to zoos, offering fun and educational close-up encounters.

Recalibrating our senses reveals that animals are indeed talking and communicating ideas, feelings, and information with startling precision.

Learn about the surprising ways wild animals experience natural intoxicants, from fermented fruits to hallucinogenic plants.

Humans have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow, according to a new study out of the University of ...