The Houston Zoo introduced four of its new baby animals that visitors can see in enclosures this fall. The organization ...

Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.

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The death of Sydney surfer Mercury Psillakis on the weekend has reopened a debate about how to respond to the increasing ...

Clearing out the poop from the animals’ enclosures is a significant part of the zoo’s daily energy usage. Here are the Cincinnati Zoo’s most productive poopers. Giraffes: 300 pounds per day. America’s ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities on Sunday deployed drones and a helicopter to monitor the waters around a popular Sydney beach after a surfer was killed by a great white shark on Saturday, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy ...

SYDNEY — A surfer attacked by a large shark at a Sydney beach died of his injuries, police said on Saturday, the first such incident in more than 3½ years, prompting the closure of several beaches.

Mawar, a 6-year-old female Sumatran tiger, is set to make her public debut at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium this ...

Tacoma is welcoming a new Sumatran tiger. According to a news release from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the new arrival – a 6-year-old female named Mawar – came all the way from Australia. She is ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Humane Society has an offer that will make local animal lovers howl. At their Portland and Salem campuses this weekend, the shelter is waiving adoption fees for more ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus Zoo’s baby elephant now has a name after it made its debut last month. The baby Asian elephant is named Rita Jean, after Rita Jean Wolfe, a member of Wolfe family with ...