Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and The Nature Conservancy have teamed up to turn invasive trees and shrubs into a win-win situation for the organizations © Joshua Foo ...

DULUTH – If the deadliest creature at the Lake Superior Zoo could experience serenity, his introduction to his new space last week surely did it. Rumen, a reticulated python, soaked up the warmth of ...

CINCINNATI -- Visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden will get a surprise this spring when they turn the corner and head toward the Children's Zoo. The building formerly used as the zoo's ...

Update: October 14—This story has been updated to include more information about the care of animals at the zoo, and to clarify the nature of the 2014 conflict between Hamas and Israel. When a rescue ...

Lions, tigers, bears and hyenas on the brink of starvation were evacuated. — -- Nine animals on the brink of starvation have been rescued from an abandoned zoo in war-torn Aleppo, Syria. But more ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Parrots, baboons and lions joined an exodus of nearly one million humans fleeing the Israeli invasion of the city of Rafah last month. Fathi Jumaa, 60, owner of the Rafah Zoo ...