In the United States, heat waves break out every summer. While people can jump in their pools, go to the beach, hit the lake, or engage in other activities that keep them cool, animals at zoos do not ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of ...

Many families enjoy an outing to the zoo on a warm summer day. People have been fascinated with exotic animals since ancient Egypt. And although zoos have been delighting visitors for ages, are they ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who has ...

Many people visit zoos and aquariums (let's call them all zoos for convenience) for a variety of reasons. While there are "better" and "worse" zoos, animals residing in captivity live highly ...