With over 17,000 animal species classified as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, zoos are increasingly becoming the site to find the ...

The Memphis Zoo is home to 3,500-plus animals. Here are some of our favorites that don't always get the spotlight.

The Saginaw Children’s Zoo opened a new building this season designed to connect visitors with animals that are harder to ...

The Fort Worth Zoo has two programs for preschool-aged children. Here's what their lessons and interactions with animals look ...

Trish Khan, the Milwaukee County Zoo's curator of primates and small mammals, has worked at the zoo for more than 30 years, and in that time, methods for naming animals have changed. "It used to be a ...

Eunice Framm, senior keeper of barnyard animals at the Cincinnati Zoo, has taught pigs to bowl, goats to paint, and red pandas to receive vaccines. She, and all other keepers, do so through the zoo’s ...

With roughly 2,000 animals in the care of the National Zoo, dealing with the end of life is an inevitable part of the job, and these last few months saw several notable deaths. Luke, a 17-year-old ...