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I think all of us need to veg out and "aww" over baby animal videos from time to time. Life is stressful, and sometimes you ...

Captain America, a 24-year-old blue-streaked lory at the Denver Zoo, has passed away. Officials with the Denver Zoo ...

The 127-year-old cultural institution on the edge of City Park will be closed to guests on specific days in February and ...

Elephants trumpeted, touched trunks and flapped their oversized ears upon reuniting with their herd after a complex, five-day move from an urban Australian zoo to a ...

This Super Bowl Sunday, the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is easing the pressure off the animals and no predictions will have to be made. The zoo is, however, taking the day to celebrate some ...

For nearly two weeks, the sex of the Oregon Zoo's newest baby elephant has remained a mystery as staff let Rose-Tu, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — The Oregon Zoo has officially named Rose-Tu’s baby! The zoo announced Thursday morning that the ...

The companies’ attorneys will argue that greenhouse gas emissions released by oil and gas production from within the United ...

The New York City Bar wants the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) — which operates the famous zoo — to either voluntarily give up the two elephants, Happy and Patty, or request city ...

The Oregon Zoo has determined that the newest member of its Asian elephant herd is indeed a girl, and given her a name: ...

Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s newborn elephant calf — weighing in at an adorable 210 pounds. Heidi Rahn, the zoo’s director, joins ...