U.S. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon in 1959 promised that the Washington Park loop of the Oregon Zoo train would be “the ...

When Nora, the fan-favorite polar bear who departed the Oregon Zoo in 2017, returns to Portland next month, she’ll come back to a very different space than she left. The new exhibit, called ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Zoo is celebrating the completion of several projects more than a decade in the making. In 2008, voters approved a bond measure to pay for $125 million worth of zoo ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Zoo is being honored with two awards for their important conservation work with the California condors and the zoo’s stunning new Elephant Lands exhibit.The ...

Asian elephants (from left) Pet, Chendra, Rose and Shine prepare to destry and devour a 650 pound pumpkin at the Oregon Zoo. The event will be held at the zoo’s Asian Elephant exhibit at 10:30 a.m.

Don’t Fear the Bat Exhibit. When the pandemic shut the zoo down in mid-March, it didn’t just close a Portland institution—it shuttered Oregon’s biggest paid tourist attraction. Expand.

The teen elephant celebrated his birthday by splashing around and swimming in the 160,000-gallon pool that’s built into the Oregon Zoo’s Elephant Lands exhibit, the zoo announced. Currently ...

PORTLAND -- On Wednesday, the Oregon Zoo's elephant family had a sneak-peek of an expanded habitat scheduled to open next year. The elephants including Samdru, Chendra, Rose-Tu and Lily got to ...

Starting this weekend, patrons will be able to get out of their cars to wander the Oregon Zoo for the first time since the state’s mid-November “freeze” to stem the surge in COVID-19 cases.

Elephant exhibits in particular have become flashpoints — and a harbinger for zoos that can’t or won’t adapt. Since 1991, 27 zoos have closed, or will be closing, their elephant exhibits, according to ...

With scorching temperatures on the way, it's not just humans trying to beat the heat. Animals at the Oregon Zoo are also looking for some relief. FOX 12's camera caught elephants at the zoo ...