Former dolphin trainer Russ Rector, who pioneered the anti-captivity movement, passed away Sunday.

State investigators find exotic animals wasting away at the decayed wildlife facility Animal Adventures.

With Inauguration Day looming ever nearer, Mariana Martinez fears all her dreams and academic work, along with her family’s efforts to acculturate in the U.S., are now at risk of being unraveled with the stroke of a pen by Donald Trump.

Officials at the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have said for decades that the orca Lolita's tank at Miami Seaquarium meets federal regulations. They argue the concrete wall in the killer whale's tank does not violate mini...

Last year dozens of animal-rights activists held signs in front of Santa's Enchanted Forest to protest the Christmas-themed park's use of exotic animals in shows. One of their targets was tigers that performed in pens while cotton-candy-eating gue...

This Halloween weekend, locals plan to protest the Hollywood street named after Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the unscrupulous character that President Ulysses S. Grant referred to as “the Devil.”