A 17-month-old lion had to be euthanized after a long battle with a mobility issues and pain caused by a birth deformity. Lomelok is a male lion cub that was born at the Lincoln Zoo in January 2023 with his brothers, Pesho and Sidai. Zoo staff noticed abnormal movement right away, making it hard for him to […]
A viral video might just convince you to plan your next trip to the zoo. A family at the Houston Zoo in Texas had the visit of a lifetime, after one of the baby Masai Giraffes gave them some special attention. And the reason why is just so sweet. We can only imagine the stories […]
PROVIDENCE − Blueberries were key in getting Chip, a tropical bird about the size of a chicken, out of a tree and back home to Roger Williams Park Zoo. After flying out of the zoo’s Rainforest exhibit with his father, Monster, during a storm last month, Chip, a blue-throated piping guan, spent more than a […]
POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — If you’ve stopped by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently, you may have noticed a lot of construction out front. The zoo is adding another safety measure, planning to have it in effect by late summer. Columbus Zoo welcomes several baby animals, new experiences It’s a system called EVOLV and it’s […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Prairie dogs will not be returning to the El Paso Zoo. A mystery solved at the zoo in November of last year revealed that two separate colonies of the animals were killed by a rare bacterial infection and tunnel collapse, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Animal services were called to find an alligator that went missing at a Kansas City middle school event Thursday and the agency said the school did not have proper permits to have animals at the event. The middle school is called Lakeview Middle, according to television station KCTV. A foot-long American alligator at a Missouri […]
Two new giant pandas will be arriving at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, this year, the zoo announced Wednesday. The bears, named Qing Bao and Bao Li, a pair of 2-year-old black-and-white animals, will arrive by the end of 2024 through a partnership with the China Wildlife Conservation Association, the zoo said. In […]
In the Spotlight is a Sacramento Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email metro@sacbee.com. At least one Elk Grove resident is worried that people could be moving out of the city near where the new zoo is expected to be built. Following this month’s approval […]
Dong Dong the chimpanzee has a reputation at Shendiao Mountain Wildlife Park in China for being polite and intelligent Newsflare Dong Dong the chimpanzee throwing a shoe out of his zoo enclosure Dong Dong the chimpanzee doesn’t believe in the adage “finders, keepers.” The compassionate chimpanzee resides at Shendiao Mountain Wildlife Park in China’s Shandong Province, […]
May 21 (UPI) — A zoo in England is asking the public to keep an eye out for an escaped tayra, a weasel relative native to Central America. The Hemsley Conservation Centre in Fairseat said workers arrived to find the female tayra had escaped from its enclosure when the weld mesh was damaged. The tayra […]
A snow leopard at the Toronto Zoo gave birth to two cubs this week, the Toronto Zoo has announced. Three-year-old Jita delivered the cubs after a few hours of labour. Her pregnancy had lasted 97 days. The first cub was born at about 7:45 p.m. Monday, while the second cub was born early Tuesday. Nine-year-old […]
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood said it’s assessing damage after a tornado touched down in the area. A funnel cloud was seen over the zoo around 4:45 p.m. All animals, guests and staff are confirmed safe, according to a social media post from the zoo. On May 17, 2024, at […]