Opening on July 5, the popular summer event features new dragon-themed displays including a 100-foot-long "ice and fire" ...

1923: Chicago’s first aquarium opened at Lincoln Park Zoo. The 150,000-square-foot building was designed to house 86 tanks ...

The one-hour program allows children to meet and greet small, friendly animals up close in the classroom and learn how to ...

The Forth Worth Zoo in Texas welcomed a new porcupette — a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine — on May 17. The zoo plans to ...

Four orangutans had to be tranquilized and moved back into their enclosure after a malfunctioning door allowed them to escape ...

Woodland Park Zoo has welcomed a trio of llamas and six porcupines that were seized as part of a suspected neglect case in ...

A couple new Highland calves seem to be enjoying their new home at the Nashville Zoo. The two new calves named Hubert and ...

The third-oldest zoo in the U.S. is evolving to embrace a mission of conservation and education. Here's how that affects the ...

The tornado twisted through Forest Park, snapping decades-old trees and doing damage to many of the attractions, including ...

After nearly 20 years at Bear Hollow Zoo, DJ, a 22-year-old American black bear, was humanely euthanized on Friday morning.

A baby porcupine whose name and sex are unknown was born recently at Fort Worth Zoo to two recently introduced porcupines.

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby prehensile-tailed porcupine—called a porcupette! Born on May 17 to ...