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Wild turkey in Ohio are thought to have been doing well since being reintroduced into the state in the 1950s and '60s. However, scientists and wild turkey aficionados concerned about population declines want an updated status assessment.

Bird populations in the USA are reaching a bleak "tipping point," according to the 2022 State of the Birds report. The annual Christmas Bird Count helps inform that reporting. It begins Dec. 14.

A Miami University biology professor and his students recently captured a wild bobcat on video in Oxford.

University of Cincinnati researchers are incorporating such technology as recording equipment and QR codes as they study the social behavior and preservation of bobwhite quails.

On Cincinnati Edition's pet show, our panel of experts answer your questions and share advice for caring for your pets.

It may sound like a Greek tragedy, but the breeding behavior is not unexpected. However, it is not in the zoo's plans for Fiona to get pregnant.

One of the Cincinnati Zoo's male elephants is settling into his temporary new home in Columbus. "Sabu" is there as a potential mate for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's three breeding-age females.

Calliope, Piccolina and Soleil arrived Saturday from ZooTampa and are acclimating to the pool at Manatee Springs, which has been empty since October.

As many as 20,000 people are buried in an overgrown cemetery in West Price Hill known as Potter’s Field. The first steps to developing a management plan for the area began Wednesday, with ground-penetrating radar, magnetometers, electromagnetic conductivity surveys... and a pint-sized human remains detection dog named Master Pickpocket, aka Pocket.

The Newport Aquarium has some new residents — three toothy sand tiger sharks are now patrolling the tanks, serving as species ambassadors and research subjects.