As steady rainfall drizzled over a dreary downtown Houston Sunday afternoon, thousands took refuge inside POST Houston, dawning their red attire and snake jewelry to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

A winter storm blanketed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, closing schools and paralysing traffic. Animals at the Houston Zoo, on he other hand, had more fun.

The Houston Zoo's cougars stepped out of their heated barns to explore the wintery weather, as did the Amur leopard named Lisa and the zoo's pair of bald eagles. Native to North America ...

From rare mammals to exotic reptiles, these little ones are not ... 15, Shanti, a 34-year-old Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo, gave birth to a 314-pound female calf named Kirby after a 19 ...