Michigan law bans feeding deer in the Lower Peninsula. But what about the squirrels, birds and bunnies that wander into your ...

Sea otters are one of the few animals that use rocks and other objects to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools—most of whom are female—can eat larger ...

Feeding wild elephants might seem kind or exciting, but a new study warns it can lead to serious harm. Researchers at the University of California San Diego say that giving food to wild animals -- ...

In some parts of the continental United States, you might drive through a nearly unchanging landscape for hours. Stretching for miles and miles, vast swaths of soil are dedicated to growing crops—corn ...

Dr. Will Gough skillfully deploys a suction-cup tag on a foraging humpback whale in Southeast Alaska. “Many animals use tools to help them find food,” explains Professor Lars Bejder, co-lead author of ...

Most winters, I devote some space to reminding folks that feeding wildlife to “help” them through the harsh weather of the season is generally a bad idea. After two relatively mild winters with not ...

Come March 17, the Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee will stop selling feed cups and providing access to feed machines through which visitors could offer handfuls of grub to its cows, goats, ducks and ...