Eight African penguins hatched at the Maryland Zoo. The offspring of these chicks could one day help boost the population of ...

The Lord Howe Island stick insect was previously thought to be extinct but now has an extra layer of protection thanks to ...

The Maryland Zoo has played a central role in conservation efforts for decades. More than 1,000 African penguin chicks have ...

On Monday, Dec. 8, the Maryland Zoo announced that eight critically endangered African penguins had hatched and were named by ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Sedgwick County Zoo is closing its tropics building due to the threat of avian influenza. ​The zoo ...

"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 ...

At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...

LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, paced weakly in their ...

The zoo's veterinary team uses scans to monitor animal health. In the spooky spirit for Halloween, the zoo shared skeletal snapshots of some of the zoo's wildest residents. Native only to Puerto Rico, ...

BOISE, Idaho — City of Boise and Zoo Boise leaders, staff and supporters gathered Thursday morning to celebrate the reopening of the Small Animal Kingdom. The new and improved space is located just ...

Back in August, I began following the story of a baby giraffe born at Southwick’s Zoo. I became fascinated by the not-so-tiny tyke who was about five feet tall at birth — about my height. I could look ...