A New York Zoo offered a sneak preview of some of the artwork that will be available at its upcoming gala auction: creations by animals including penguins, giraffes, sloths, capybaras and others.

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...

The official count, a legal requirement of the zoo's licence, saw more than 500 animals across 145 species totted up. A ...

Kayapó, Ramo, or Merida? Those are the choices that Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has narrowed it down to, as they select a name for their “little” giant anteater. The daughter of zoo resident Pana was ...

Saint Louis Zoo is in the running for the title of America’s “Best Zoo” as part of a national poll conducted by USA TODAY.

London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is nominating former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel as the state's next lieutenant governor.

Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...

Omaha's zoo is a contender for national recognition once again. The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has been nominated for Best ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the death of Murphy, the Komodo dragon who was a crowd-pleaser for nearly 25 years.

A 56-year-old rhinoceros, the oldest in the U.S., has died in Tennessee after exceeding the median life expectancy for her ...