Sacramento Zoo seeks city approval to expand Land Park site by 40% to 20.1 acres. Expansion follows canceled $302M Elk Grove zoo plan due to construction costs. Mayor McCarty backs project, citing ...

Denver’s zoo will hold off on a pilot program that would have reopened a long-dormant second entrance on the west side of the property inside City Park. A zoo spokesman said the decision was made in ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating the birth of the first female Asian elephant calf since 2013. The 36-inch-tall, 250-pound calf was born at 3:36 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2025, and the zoo kept it under wraps ...

A 43-year-old elephant at a Wisconsin zoo died after falling in her stall, officials reported. Zookeepers at the Milwaukee County Zoo discovered Ruth, an African savanna elephant who came to the zoo ...

The Los Angeles Zoo is turning Halloween into a family affair this October with Boo at the L.A. Zoo, a two-weekend program that combines trick-or-treating with up-close looks at some of the zoo’s ...

'Using local invasive species helps buffer us and gives animals more variety,' the Minnesota Zoo said of the choice Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Dinosaurs, fortunately for most of us, are extinct, but we share the planet with some of their relatives, and those family members are being celebrated in Washington on Saturday at the Smithsonian ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - An integral member of the Cincinnati Zoo is handing the reins over as he shifts his focus to a new role. Thane Maynard says on average 5,000 visitors a day come through the zoo’s ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

After almost two decades at the helm of the Cincinnati Zoo, Thane Maynard is stepping down from his role as CEO. Maynard will begin his new role as the zoo board's executive chair on Jan. 1, when his ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A new member has joined the Cincinnati Zoo’s Gorilla World after a fan favorite gorilla gave birth on Saturday, officials said. Gladys, a 12-year-old gorilla, gave birth just after ...

In case you missed the news: The Phoenix Zoo has commissioned several artists to create works for a new exhibit that combines comic books and conservation. One of those artists is Todd McFarlane whose ...