Some new animals have made Zoo Atlanta home this fall and will be exploring their habitats during the holiday season. Go take ...

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

Mokolo is a 10-year-old giraffe who Elmwood Park Zoo in Pennsylvania based on an SSP recommendation identifying him as a ...

Mokolo, a 10-year-old male giraffe, has joined Zoo Knoxville’s Grasslands Africa habitat as part of the Association of Zoos ...

The saga involving the Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County continues, as a new lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District ...

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. - The Lehigh Valley Zoo closed early Monday due to the heat, but keeping the animals cool is a full time job. As temperatures in the Valley rise, people aren't the only ones trying ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — Thanksgiving arrived early at Brookfield Zoo, and the animals wasted no time diving in. Carnivorous leopards tore into an assortment of fresh meat, while the four-month-old ...

Long Island’s largest and most controversial zoo is closing after local officials unanimously agreed to strip its funding and send its allegedly horrifically abused animals to rescue facilities.

"There are many zoos I would like to see closed." —David Field, president of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums There is increasing concern among zoo administrators, researchers, and ...

Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, light-brown tortoise getting ...

LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, paced weakly in their ...

(KRON) — The Oakland Zoo is celebrating Halloween by giving its animals seasonal pumpkins to eat and play with. “The way animals interact with pumpkins truly depends on what interests them and their ...