This famous South African rugby player has a long list of achievements, but this accomplishment that happened off the rugby field might just be his most important one: he rescues a stranded baby ...

The animals are under pressure from loss of habitat and hunting. Zoos are part of an effort to preserve the species, so every pygmy hippo baby is celebrated. “This birth—like all of Iris ...

After a strong start to 2024, the celebrity baby boom continued into the second half of the year.

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...

Dec. 20, 2024 — Despite their reputation as buzzing nuisances, flies serve a critical role as some of the Earth's most prolific pollinators -- and new research suggests they are increasingly at ...

Try these speed reading exercises to improve reading. You can also learn something about the news. There are reading texts at different levels. You can choose the reading speed of each text. If one ...

See what you remember about this extraordinary year by taking our special 2024 news quiz. Compiled by The Learning Network CreditClockwise, from top left: Hannah Beier for The New York Times ...

Try these discussions to improve your speaking and listening. There are 20 questions in each activity - 10 for Student A and 10 for Student B. You can print out the worksheet. You can listen to the ...

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy ...

Dolphins leader Calais Campbell is hopeful for his release with the goal of latching on with a Super Bowl contender ...

A 'Doomsday wreck' whose bomb-filled hold threatens to unleash a tsunami in the Thames may carry another deadly cargo it's feared - mustard gas. The SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames ...