We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...

Animals at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden were out enjoying their first major taste of winter Tuesday, with bears, otters, red pandas, and cheetahs exploring their snow-covered habitats. The ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died. The zoo said Gramma had ongoing bone conditions and that caretakers had to make the ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. is preparing for the birth of a large “charismatic and charming” animal: an Asian elephant calf. Zoo officials announced Monday morning that an Asian elephant is ...

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.

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A U.N. wildlife trade body decided on Sunday not to restrict India from importing endangered animals, after many countries supported reversing an earlier stringent ...

"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 ...

KMBC.COM. THE CITY OF RAYTOWN IS NOW HANDLING ITS OWN ANIMAL SERVICES. THE CITY HELD A RIBBON CUTTING THIS AFTERNOON FOR ITS NEW ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITY, AND KMBC9 ALAN SHOPE WAS THERE FOR THE GRAND ...

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 ...

A chimpanzee escaped its enclosure and was on the loose at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday morning, but the animal was later located and returned to her exhibit, the zoo said. "At approximately 10am, a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A chimpanzee was on the loose inside the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday as guests were asked to head back to their cars or shelter in secure locations. An Indianapolis Fire Department run ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - India has urged a U.N. wildlife trade body not to curb its imports of endangered species, saying it has tightened oversight amid growing allegations of irregular animal ...