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Tom Irwin remembered how he and his late wife, Tucker, would drive down River Road near their home in Muhlenberg Township, and she would always be looking out for the creatures along the river and ...

Giant animal sculptures have infiltrated the Philadelphia Zoo, and the larger-than-life statues of birds, bugs and big cats are designed to teach visitors about conservation. Wildlife Rescue by Little ...

The elephants are spending the summer in Newport, Rhode Island, before making their way to the Meatpacking District in New York City this fall. Corey Favino / Elephant Family USA and Newport ...

Self-taught ceramicist and artist Brooke Knippa of AP Curiosities crafts adorably intricate mugs that include various wildlife etched into the side, not only making people smile, but also making the ...

The four curious creatures staring down passersby in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art trace back, in a way, to early paintings that the Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson made on animal hides. At ...

Annie Phillips gently touched the side of the mammoth bronze statue and the petite octogenarian began chanting in her Native American language. “It was a prayer,” the elder with the Omaha Tribe said ...

As drivers on Interstate 88 zoom past the Morton Arboretum in the western suburb of Lisle, they can now glimpse a new creature overlooking the highway on the hill where Joe the Guardian, a giant ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Zoo has sprouted five massive plant displays of giant animals and ...

Some concrete creatures that adorn the city’s playgrounds may vanish, as animal-nappers with the Parks Department plan to relocate the beloved concrete animal sculptures from the five boroughs’ play ...

In 2019, a blockbuster two-day auction took place. Months after design icon Claude Lalanne’s death in April of that year (at the age of 94), which followed her husband François-Xavier’s death in 2008, ...