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First baby gorilla in 20 years born at LA Zoo, and she’s just precious

The Los Angeles Zoo has a very exciting new addition to their animal kingdom… one that they’ve been waiting for for a long, long time. The zoo announced this month that one of their resident ...

Denver Zoo welcomes first greater one-horned rhino calf after a ‘truly heroic effort’

The Denver Zoo recently welcomed a very special arrival, a greater one-horned rhino calf. The zoo’s resident female rhino, 13-year-old Tensing, gave birth to the unnamed calf on February 22. According to zoo staff, the ...

Newborn meerkat pups make history at Zoo Miami

Prepare to have your heart melt into a puddle. The latest additions to Zoo Miami will most definitely steal your heart and, in my opinion, are in the running for the cutest baby animals on ...

A stray cat got into a zoo exhibit and became best friends with a lynx — they’ve been inseparable ever since

We’ve all had that moment where we’ve looked at our cute, lazy little pet cat waiting for us to feed them and thought, “how are you related to a lion?” Crazy as it is to ...

Christmas miracle: Critically endangered black rhino born for first time in zoo’s 100-year history

A black rhino has been born for the first time in a zoo’s 100-year history and staff have hailed it a “monumental moment.” The species is being pushed to the brink of extinction due to ...

Woman inexplicably jumps zoo fence to get up close with African lion

Zoos can be a great place to see animals. Their displays rely on a careful balance between letting visitors see animals up-close and unobstructed, and keeping enough of a safe distance to protect both the ...

Zoos around the world face ban on buying wild elephants after 46 countries backed new rules

A proposal put forward by the Convention on International Trade to restrict the sale of wild elephants into captivity was supported by 46 member countries. Iris Ho, senior policy specialist at the Humane Society International described the ...

Zoo staff hesitate when a chimp starts drowning – then truck driver breaks all the rules

The Great Apes of Harambee is a 4-acre habitat that is home to 11 chimpanzees who spend their days “foraging, grooming and playing, just as they would in their native African environment,” the zoo website ...

Polar bear shows off hunting skills to the delight of San Diego Zoo visitors

Amy McBride was visiting the zoo when she captured a teachable moment on camera. “Folks, I, uh, don’t really know what to say,” someone can be heard saying. Amy, who was visiting the zoo with ...

Tragic: A flamingo in an Illinois zoo had to be put down after a child threw a rock at it

Earlier this week, a Miller Park Zoo flamingo was euthanized after an elementary school student threw a rock inside the animal’s exhibit. A representative from the Bloomington, Illinois zoo told CNN affiliate WMBD that the rock broke the flamingo’s ...