Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of ...

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

In the United States, heat waves break out every summer. While people can jump in their pools, go to the beach, hit the lake, or engage in other activities that keep them cool, animals at zoos do not ...

An endangered animal has been born at The Bronx Zoo, the first primate to be born within its newly renovated immersive ...

The baby aardvark, born on New Year's Day, weighs about four pounds and is 'roughly the size of a rolling pin,' the zoo said ...

A trip to the St. Louis Zoo may not be the first thing on your mind when it’s this cold outside, but the zoo is open ...

Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been orphaned.

In Defense of Animals has ranked the BioPark as the seventh-worst zoo in North America for elephants. The group criticizes the zoo for “reckless breeding” and the deaths of baby calves.

The calf measured approximately 19 inches long and weighed about four lbs. at birth ...

Killing healthy animals in zoos isn't a myth, it's business as usual I'm always thrilled that major media are carrying stories about all aspects of animal behavior, including their fascinating ...