Over the last decade, Argentina has been closing its zoos and relocating animals to sanctuaries and rescue centers. But ...

An elephant named "Pupi" throws dirt on her body inside the former Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina, Friday, July 1, 2016. The city government announced last week it will transform the city's zoo into an ...

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During their visit, researchers noticed dozens of millipedes on the cave floor, the study said. Intrigued, they collected ...

I n a river of northwestern Argentina, a "banjo"-shaped creature with "small" eyes tucked itself into the sandy riverbed or ...

It was a community effort to return a beached humpback whale to the ocean. The seven-ton male washed up on a beach in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina. Rescuers say it measured 28 feet long. It ...

A passer-by on Christmas Day found a meter-long shell on a riverbank in Argentina which may be from a glyptodont, a prehistoric kind of giant armadillo, experts said Tuesday. A local man thought the ...

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has nothing on these curious creations. From an eight legged 'demon goat' to a baby goat that appears to have been born with a demonic face, Argentina seems to be the ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Animals by the hundreds are being set free as Buenos Aires closes its 140-year-old Palermo zoo. Among the first to leave will be birds of prey like owls and chimangos, ...