The ethics of roadside zoos have long been debated among the wildlife community, and now a new investigation has thrust the ...

By Adam Dutton via SWNS The skull of a seafaring goat which supplied milk to Napoleon Bonaparte aboard ship after he ...

Many of the large exotic animals that end up in backyard menageries—lions and tigers, monkeys and bears—are bred in captivity. Today on the Internet you can find zebras and camels and cougars ...

Some places were associated with just one god and its symbolic animal, but old, venerated sites such as Abydos have yielded whole menageries of votive mummies, each species a link to a particular god.

The other rare mentions of rhinos in Rome are of those in menageries, to be admired as exotic creatures. This Roman interest in foreign, wild animals was the basis of the initial beast spectacles ...

“It was a pretty radical idea to decide to do a whole aquarium just about this bay, because aquariums and zoos both were historically created as menageries. They were collections of animals from ...

Eileen McNamara interviewed Ethel Kennedy in 2016. The interview, scheduled for 30-minutes, stretched on for three-plus hours ...

As marine biology students and teachers, the braintrust that would later become founders of the Monterey Bay Aquarium were ...

It also contained lush gardens, parks, and even menageries of exotic plants and animals captured in the far-flung reaches of the Assyrians’ territory. “The idea is that these gardens serve as ...

MONTEREY — As marine biology students and teachers, the brain trust that would later become founders of the Monterey Bay Aquarium were well acquainted with aquariums and zoos around the world.

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the Monterey Bay Aquarium counts down to its 40th anniversary in October, The Herald is doing a series of stories taking a closer look at the history, research work and behind ...