Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees. Here's how staff are managing their care.

NEW BEDFORD – Buttonwood Park Zoo is not just a place where visitors can see exotic animals in their habitats, but it is also a hub for scientific research and conservation efforts. With the zoo’s ...

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 ...

Brexit has had "a major impact" on zoo breeding programmes across Europe, according to an Essex zoo. More than 60 species at Colchester Zoo have taken part in breeding programmes, but its zoological ...

“They were breeding when they got here, before the exhibit opened,” a zoo spokeswoman said in 2017, announcing Kayla’s third pregnancy (her first at Fresno Chaffee Zoo). The calf was born soon after ...

When state officials inspected the zoo’s giraffes back in April, they made a shocking discovery: two of the giraffes that had previously been pregnant had given birth. Their calves were nowhere in ...

Eight African penguins hatched at the Maryland Zoo during the recent breeding season, adding to the population of the ...

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 ...

Zoo officials today are expected to defend a plan that will ultimately lead to the separation of elephants Connie and Shaba, who have been together for 29 years. Reid Park Zoo officials hope that once ...

Australian zoos are grappling with a string of animal losses, with Adelaide Zoo the latest to announce the deaths of two much ...