New research shows most U.S. zoo giraffes are hybrids, raising concerns about their role in real-world giraffe conservation.

A zebra and an ostrich will be future members of the mixed-species habitat in Zoo Atlanta’s African Savanna. Zoo Atlanta recently welcomed 2-year-old Neighomi, a female ...

Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos ...

New research has thrown a spanner in the works for giraffe conservation, after analyzing the genetics of giraffes kept in human care in North America, and finding that most of those studied are in ...

The Red Pandamonium Red Ale refers to Sunny, the Norfolk zoo’s red panda who, in 2017, escaped her enclosure and perplexed ...

Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some ...

The new study supports this hypothesis, showing that in animal species where the male mates with more than one female and ...

In many bird species, it’s the males who live longer. The researchers found support for this idea: in 72% of mammal species, females outlived males by about 12%. Meanwhile, in 68% of bird species, ...

Monkeys have deep roots in Chinese art and culture, appearing in countless paintings and as characters in classic literature.

The entrepreneur discusses waking up to see the sun rise, hosting guests on his island and keeping himself in shape ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from ...