More than three months after his birth, the National Zoo's new panda cub finally has a name.

The National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang has given birth to a wiggling cub, delivering what the zoo calls a “much-needed moment of pure joy” at a time of global pandemic and social unrest

The Oklahoma zoo featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary has closed after federal authorities investigated it for alleged maltreatment of animals and suspended its license

The local chapter of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union strongly condemned the use of tobacco by monkeys.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has awarded ownership of the zoo made famous in Netflix’s “Tiger King” docuseries to Joe Exotic’s chief rival.

Zookeepers at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle say a baby gorilla was badly injured Saturday when he was caught in a skirmish between his family group members.

The Calgary Zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because a scarcity of flights due to COVID-19 has caused problems with getting enough fresh and tasty bamboo to feed them.

Social media is one way zoos worldwide are engaging with people who can no longer visit – their main source of income – and raise some much-needed cash. Zoos and aquariums have brought adorable distraction by posting photos and videos of animals, but the closures mean they’re still in jeopardy.

The Spokane Fire Department responded to NorthTown Mall in full force Saturday afternoon when a fire was reported near electrical equipment in the building’s basement. But crews from the several firetrucks that arrived found no fire.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the new coronavirus.

You have feet in your shoes… but nowhere to really go. You do still have brains in your head, though, and with that you can go anywhere, imaginary or in some cases, virtual. Need a place to start? Here are five places in, and out of this world, that you can visit from your own home.

A pair of twin polar bear cubs have made their public debut at a Dutch zoo -- but without the public because of coronavirus restrictions.

The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident, and boy is he cute

A fire raced through a zoo in western Germany in the first few minutes of the new year, killing more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities said. Police said paper sky lanterns launched nearby to celebrate the arrival of 2020 were probably to blame.

Big Red’s Barn doesn’t look all that big from the outside, but inside, there’s an entire animal kingdom waiting to be petted and fed in pens just behind a couple of big swinging gates. Jeannene Christ opened Big Red’s Barn, an indoor petting zoo in Coeur d’Alene, almost a year ago.

The public is getting its first glimpse of new red panda cub at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Family, staff, students and furry friends of the Cat Tales Zoological Park remember Mike Wyche for his selfless love of animals, larger than life personality and constant jokes. Wyche, whose friends called him Sun Bear, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 72.

A conservation organization in San Diego says it has achieved the first successful artificial insemination birth of a southern white rhino in North America, an important step in saving another rhino species from extinction.