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 ...

Until now, contraception has been the method of choice for zoos to avoid surplus animals. Researchers are now calling for a paradigm shift: zoos could preserve their breeding populations, raise ...

Rachel Feltman: Who here grew up loving animals? Personally, I had a five-foot-long [one-and-a-half-meter-long] iguana who taught himself to use the cat’s litter box. That dude was the best. But, of ...

For travelers seeking the wonder of wildlife without the cruelty of captivity, hologram zoos around the world are transforming animal tourism. A decade ago I wrote an article titled For the Animals, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Along with reading and history, hundreds of West Michigan students are spending their class time learning how to become “habitat heroes,” starting with releasing Monarch butterflies ...

The Erie Zoo has several new animals, including a male black-and-white ruffed lemur, two female Père David’s deer and two female kangaroos. The zoo will host Glow Wild, a Chinese lantern festival, on ...

Nearby, several homes displayed red yard signs that read "We Support Shalom," a show of solidarity for the Farmington zoo. Since opening in 1979, the family-run operation has become one of the state's ...