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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

We’ve gift-wrapped a few short highlights that capture the spirit of the year in animal care. Mike Bock If you're an animal lover, then 2025 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — As winter weather settles into northwest Ohio, residents are digging out their heavy coats and turning up the thermostats. But at the Toledo Zoo, preparing for the cold is a complex ...

"There are many zoos I would like to see closed." —David Field, president of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums There is increasing concern among zoo administrators, researchers, and ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, ...

Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, light-brown tortoise getting ...

A chimpanzee escaped its enclosure and was on the loose at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday morning, but the animal was later located and returned to her exhibit, the zoo said. "At approximately 10am, a ...

A student-led project that teaches keiki their ABCs through Hawaii-based images and text is expanding with the help of a Hawaii County partnership. The “Aloha Alphabet,” initiated by the state ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Potter Park Zoo held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday to unveil its new Animal Health Facility. “We previously were in a very small clinic,” Dr. Ronan Eustace, Potter Park ...

The incredible critters we encounter at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens have many admirable traits, quirks, and dispositions, but one thing is widely true: They're on the move. Stream Los ...