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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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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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. (KATU) — The Oregon Zoo’s baby elephant officially has a name. Keepers say Tula-Tu is doing well and growing ...

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

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 ...