People go to zoos because it’s fun to look at exotic animals. Though many zoos today do important, vital work in the world of ...

Seven-year-old Derrick Baker said his favorite animal at the Western Montana Fair petting zoo is the sheep. "It's really soft, and it's nice," Derrick said, reaching over to pet the zoo's single sheep ...

The presents are unwrapped, the cookies are crumbs, and that real Christmas tree will become a fire hazard soon enough. Most ...

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...

Also making his Zoo Atlanta debut is Nafis, a Schmidt’s guenon. The 10-year-old monkey arrived in November and recently ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats. Umande, a western lowland gorilla living at the zoo’s ...

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo’s newest animals are making their public debut this week. The four-month-old cheetah quintuplets—Asha, Bozzie, Chirpa, Milani, and Wickett—explored their new habitat at ...

The staff at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium are also prepared to keep even their wildest creatures cool in this extreme heat. It's a busy day for Assistant Mammal Curator Karen Vacco and all the ...

The founder and chief surgeon of the Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation says she started off just wanting to do weird things with stuffed animals. Then it became a mission.