The mission: trap wild axolotls. The danger: sharing the water with lurking alligators. This is one risky aquarium adventure.

When most people think of small pets, the classics: hamsters, goldfish, maybe a parakeet. But there’s even more to the world ...

The penguin's name was chosen by the family of Clarissa Barnes and Chris Dabney, zoo supporters who won naming rights in the Zoofari silent auction.

Cute as the axolotl’s features may be, it is also slimy. Here in this sprawling, windowless room in Maine, there are about ...