Social media loves a charismatic, cute, relatable animal. Personalities like Neil the elephant seal and Pesto the giant baby ...

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 ...

For years, the OC Zoo has made sure the animals enjoy the holidays as much as their human visitors. So over the weekend, as youngesters in costumes trick-or-treated and did crafts around the zoo, the ...

BOISE, Idaho — City of Boise and Zoo Boise leaders, staff and supporters gathered Thursday morning to celebrate the reopening of the Small Animal Kingdom. The new and improved space is located just ...

DEBATE? A NEW LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM, AN ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP, IS DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF ITS ELEPHANTS. THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT ALLEGES THE ELEPHANT SPACE IS, QUOTE, ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and The Nature Conservancy have teamed up to turn invasive trees and shrubs into a win-win situation for the organizations © Joshua Foo ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...

The Phoenix Zoo enacts its "30/30 rule" for storm preparation, bringing animals like the giraffes and the tiger, Raja, inside to protect them from high winds and the danger of lightning strikes. The ...

It has been a challenging time for the San Diego Zoo, where three beloved animals — a polar bear, giraffe and gorilla — died within days of each other. The latest death occurred Monday, when Maka, a ...

July 22 (UPI) --A zoo in Thailand used a mascot version of its most famous resident, Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, for a drill testing zookeepers' response to an animal escape. The drill at the Khao Kheow ...

This is the amusing moment zoo staff rehearsed a rescue drill in case baby hippo Moo Deng escapes from her enclosure. Staff at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo carried out the simulation using a hippo mascot ...