Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St ...

The Zurich Zoo’s beloved gorilla of more than 40 years has been put down after a long struggle with declining health, a zoo ...

At these fun parks, your kids (and their parents) are encouraged to get up close and personal with the natives. Which petting ...

Sedgwick County firefighters are setting fires at the Sedgwick County Zoo on Monday, April 7. The firefighters will also set ...

Steve Lake envisions a zoo no more than 25 acres, with animals that could withstand the region’s extreme summer temperatures.

A 6-year-old, two-toed sloth unexpectedly went into labor in her zoo exhibit in front of zoo goers on Wednesday, April 2 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The Phoenix Zoo in April opened Big Cats of Arizona, a $5.4 million habitat paid in part with a grant from the Arizona Office ...

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Many families enjoy an outing to the zoo on a warm summer day. People have been fascinated with exotic animals since ancient ...

Staff members at the Nashville Zoo are mourning the loss of a clouded leopard cub, who died from intestinal bleeding Friday, just over a month after she was born.

How biologists and veterinarians at SeaWorld Orlando jumped into action to save the life of an orphaned baby walrus.

A firing squad has executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer decades ago. Three volunteers fired ...