Eagle-eyed visitors to the Oregon Zoo in recent days may have noticed activity at the red panda enclosure and now, the word is out: there’s a new red panda in Portland. Since the death of Moshu, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Captive chimpanzees are one of the most popular species kept in zoos because of their charismatic appeal and similarity to humans.

COAL VALLEY, Ill. — Niabi Zoo is one step closer to fully funding repairs to its exhibits. It's been almost a year since Niabi Zoo saw unprecedented damage to its enclosures. Snowstorms in January ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure was fatally attacked in front of horrified zoo visitors. Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' ...

We all remember Punch, the adorable baby macaque who was rejected by his mother and found comfort in an IKEA orangutan stuffed animal at the Ichikawa Zoo in Ichikawa, Japan. The baby monkey quickly ...

A daring orangutan cartwheeled, tight-rope-walked and trapezed its way out of an enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week, officials said. Kembali — one of the zoo’s seven Sumatran orangutans — was ...

Reid Park Zoo is enlarging its zebra enclosure and creating safeguards to protect the population after a 6-week-old foal, Takiti Maji, died. The enclosure, which houses Tikiti Maji’s parents, Anna and ...