The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to more than 2,200 animals across its campuses in D.C. and Virginia. The zoo was the first in the United States to hire a ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Greenville Zoo announced that Kiko, the first giraffe born at the zoo, has died due to a freak accident at the Toronto Zoo. On January 1, officials said Kiko was given ...

The Palm Beach Zoo is launching a new evening event series called 'Rhythm in the Wild'. These events will feature live music, conservation talks, and unique animal viewing opportunities. The ...

Predicting the future isn't easy. Back in 2000, who would have thought that by 2025 the Pawtucket Red Sox would no longer exist, or Rhode Island's first female governor would be telling people to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A baby tamandua born three weeks early at the Denver Zoo has died, officials said Tuesday. Zoo officials announced in November that first-time parents Winnie ...

What became the Holtsville zoo got its start nearly 50 years ago with a single raccoon. Harold Malkmes, Brookhaven Town's highway superintendent in the 1970s, loved animals and couldn't resist when ...

The newborn giraffe at the Phoenix Zoo has received her name with help from the public. After a seven-day, online naming contest with over 11,000 votes, community members decided the Masai giraffe ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. C’sar, 51, died Dec. 19 at the N.C. Zoo, ending tenure as U.S. oldest African bull. Born in Kenya and orphaned, he arrived from the ...

St. Louis Zoo keeper Cora Port interacts with a group of Chilean flamingos, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, as they stretch their wings during their regular exercise and acclimation session. The birds, ...

An 8-year-old African lion at the Como Zoo and Conservatory is receiving hospice care after being diagnosed earlier this year with an untreatable tumor in his nasal sinuses, zoo officials announced.

When it comes to seeing holiday lights at zoos across the United States, it seems San Antonio is coming out on top. One of the city's most adored and family-friendly holiday traditions just landed the ...

The current Indianapolis Zoo in White River State Park traces its roots back about 80 years with the incorporation of the Indianapolis Zoological Society in 1944. The leaders of the group were cagey ...