It takes ten people to lift a sedated hulk named Mopie onto the operating table at the National ... Zoo since September 1995. "He's the second gorilla that I've seen with this condition. His ...

Kai had lived at the Sacramento Zoo since 2017, where she brought joy to all guests and staff, zoo officials said.

Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St ...

National Zoo Lovers Day, celebrated every April 8th, gives us a chance to celebrate the animals (and the people) that make zoos so special. Zoos offer more than just educational programs and ...

ABILENE, Texas — One of the original giraffes at the Abilene Zoo has died. The zoo announced Punk was euthanized Wednesday due to age-related mobility issues. According to the zoo, she was ...

Doc, a 22-year-old giraffe who was one of the original animals at the Brevard Zoo's Expedition Africa exhibit, has died. Doc had been experiencing mobility issues and other age-related health ...

Zoo officials said the leopard and the nilgai died due to old age complications. A nine-year-old female dhole, Macchali, died at National Zoological Park on March 19. A dhole, also known as wild ...

In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s new series “Working Capital” profiles the people doing the work that makes the D.C. region so unique.

A much-loved giraffe at Paignton Zoo has died, the zoo has announced. Joanna, an 11-year-old Rothschild’s giraffe died after a decline in her health that she was unable to recover from.

A Thamin deer, an endangered species native to south and southeast Asia, died at the Delhi Zoo on Tuesday, officials said A Thamin deer, an endangered species native to south and southeast Asia ...

Pepper, one of the first cheetahs to join the zoo in 2010, has died, zoo officials announced Wednesday. She was 16. Known by caretakers for her sass, Pepper lived well past the median lifespan of ...

A gorilla described as a favorite of staff and guests alike at the Pittsburgh Zoo has died. Harry, a 33-year-old western lowland gorilla, died after a "sudden cardiac event" on Tuesday afternoon ...