Lions, Tigers and Zebras! Plus Giraffes, Hippos and Bears. The best zoos in the US include large enclosures that allow for free-roaming wildlife. Encounter programming, where visitors can get close to ...

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is taking a page from Disney World's playbook. The zoo introduced a new feature for visitors this March to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The Walt Disney ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A zoo in South Carolina’s capital city has been ranked among the country’s best. Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, located on 170 acres along the Saluda River just outside of Columbia, ...

For a few brief moments on June 8, Ed the zebra dangled from a helicopter in the Tennessee skies, ending eight glorious days of freedom with a heckuva view. Ed’s viral odyssey inspired street art, a ...

In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the arrivals of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history. The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male ...

K ate Rechtsteiner, director of visitor experience at the Cincinnati Zoo, considers herself the zookeeper for the people. She ...

In the early hours of Jan. 17, 2017, Columbus lost one of its best-known female celebrities, Colo. The western lowland gorilla died in her sleep in her enclosure at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Life ...

The spotlight is back on New York’s darkest exhibit. World of Darkness, the Bronx Zoo’s “groundbreaking” shadowy attraction showcasing more than two dozen rare and unusual nocturnal animals, is back ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has a champion. Philbert the penguin won the March of the Penguin Madness tournament hosted by Penguins International, the zoo in Grand Rapids announced in a ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is ...