Brevard Zoo is mourning the death of Lorenzo, the first sloth ever born at the facility. The 7-year-old two-toed sloth was humanely euthanized following a critical decline in his health. Lorenzo was ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to more than 2,200 animals across its campuses in D.C. and Virginia. The zoo was the first in the United States to hire a ...

St. Louis Zoo keeper Cora Port interacts with a group of Chilean flamingos, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, as they stretch their wings during their regular exercise and acclimation session. The birds, ...

C’sar, the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec. 19 at the North Carolina Zoo. C'sar, who was 51 years old, came to the zoo in 1978, at just 4 years old. He was the zoo's first ...

A health care union seeks a one-time 5% tax on billionaires' assets after federal funding cuts to health services for ...