The Memphis Zoo is earning national recognition for its holiday lights. The zoo landed in the No. 5 spot on the list of "Best Zoo Lights" as part of USA TODAY’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. The ...

Sumagu, a 38-year-old female orangutan, and her 7-year-old daughter, Kera, arrived to Louisville from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado -- a more than 1,100-mile journey. On Thursday, zoo ...

The Detroit Zoo shared sad news for animal lovers: Tula, the zoo's 6-year-old camel, has died. For more than a year, Tula had been working with the zoo's veterinary, behavioral husbandry and animal ...

Royal Oak — Detroit Zoo visitors will soon see a small, new four-legged friend as part of the zoo's giraffe family. The zoo announced this week that a baby giraffe was born Sunday morning. The female ...

In a first for the Turtle Back Zoo, two lion cubs were born at the longstanding Essex County zoo on Monday, officials said. The first-time mother, Makena, and her cubs are being monitored by zoo ...

Turtle Back Zoo is celebrating a milestone after announcing the birth of two African lion cubs, the first ever born at the facility. The zoo shared the news in a social media post, saying its lioness, ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced on Nov. 24 that one of its Asian elephants is expecting, marking the first time an elephant calf will be born at the zoo in ...

Gramma, the beloved Galapagos tortoise who lived at the San Diego Zoo for nearly a century, has died on Nov. 20. She was (about) 141. The zoo's care team "made the compassionate and exceptionally ...

Now through Jan. 4, the lights will illuminate the zoo’s pathways, turning on after sundown and remaining on until 9 p.m. This year, new festivities will feature the Enchanted Tree, Lights on the Lawn ...

The Detroit Zoo's giraffe population just increased by one. Zoo officials, in a post to Facebook, announced that a new baby giraffe was born Sunday, Nov. 23, at about 2:30 a.m. "This adorable little ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoo has welcomed a new baby giraffe! In a Facebook post, zoo officials announced that 7-year-old Zara gave birth to the female giraffe at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov.

Nov. 24 (UPI) --The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington announced Monday that Asian elephant Nhi Linh is pregnant, adding the zoo is "cautiously optimistic" its first elephant calf in 25 years ...