The Houston Zoo introduced four of its new baby animals that visitors can see in enclosures this fall. The organization ...
Norah, a Baird's tapir born on July 23, is already mingling with capybaras, giant anteaters and swans in the Pantanal habitat ...
The Houston Zoo is treating 17-year-old lion Mattie for gastroenteritis and kidney disease. Visitors can still see her pride ...
While tapirs have feet that resemble those of a pig and a nose that might remind you of an elephant's trunk (they use it to wrap around and grab things), they're related to neither of them. Their ...
HOUSTON, Texas -- Thailand, a male Asian elephant, is one of the Houston Zoo's oldest residents. This summer, he celebrated a milestone birthday - he turned 60 years old! "He's a very significant part ...