Zoo

Though the zoo remains closed due to COVID-19, the staff at the Australian Reptile Park are enjoying the new joey.

Zoo officials decided to euthanize beloved 36-year-old Snow Lilly due to her "declining health."

"I'm totally gutted and just worried sick for him—just needing him home," said Nikki Johnstone of Waulkmill Menagerie.

Nine big cats, presumed positive for coronavirus, are being treated at the Smithsonian National Zoo.

Some 13 gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for COVID, after staff noticed they were coughing and had runny noses.

A vaccine specifically designed for zoo animals is being administered at the Detroit Zoo to safeguard some of the most vulnerable animals.

The 56-year-old giant tortoise is a beast weighing in at 550lbs, while his pal is more than a century old.

The zoo later shared that the handler, Lindsay Bull, was hospitalized but is expected to make a full recovery.

Jelani the gorilla likes looking at pictures of other gorillas on zoo visitors' phones and has learned an impressive technique for swiping through himself.

Endangered southern white rhino Kimba gets a 10-day rest before starting his new duties.

The 8.5-foot reptile can be seen snapping at a zoo worker's feet in dramatic footage that has gone viral.

Some fans said the great ape reminded them of Sir Elton John after donning the shades.

The snakes, named Ben and Jerry by their owners, have two separate brains but share all their internal organs.

It's "a huge accomplishment for Wildlife Safari, but also for the entire zoo community and international tiger population," the zoo's carnivore supervisor said.

Prior to the release of the 29 salamanders, they were fitted with microchips to help the scientists monitor their location.

After nearly seven decades in Vienna's public zoo, Schurli, the giant tortoise, has died.

Officials say that the "friendly" Burmese python, named Cara, was likely still inside the Mall of Louisiana's zoo and may have climbed into the ceiling.

In Portland, Oregon, Takoda, a 400-pound black bear who has lived at the Oregon Zoo since 2010 cooled off in his own personal "bear conditioner."

Four cute and playful cheetah quadruplets just celebrated their first birthday at an Austrian zoo by enjoying the warm weather in their outdoor enclosure.

"What better way to kick off summer than a good old fashioned hippo watermelon smash?!" the San Antonio Zoo captioned the now-viral video.

The bird, a pied shag, was probably suffering from starvation as well as metal and nicotine poisoning, the zoo stated in a Facebook post.

One of six African Painted Dogs being raised by an Australian zoo has gone viral for its adorable vet check-up video.

ZooTampa said the 12 stingrays that were found dead included seven cownose stingrays, four Southern stingrays and one Atlantic stingray. It is unclear what caused the deaths, and the zoo is looking into "every possibility to uncover what caused the deaths, including conducting toxicology reports."

Lovett Law called its former employee's behavior "reckless," but another firm says it has offered the woman a new role.

According to his owner of 35 years, Steve "Doc" Hopkins, the "old" gator is ill-prepared for life in the wild.

Zookeeper Guy Kfir described the behaviour as "very normal" and said that when "they sense danger, they gather their young in the center."

Zookeepers say the spider monkeys are fed a special diet and that the incident could lead to stomach problems.

A visitor, called Brett Otten, shared a clip online from his recent visit to the big cat enclosure at Minnesota Zoo.

Four of the pups were selected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Red Wolf Recovery Plan for introduction into a wild litter.

A safari park in eastern China hid the escape of three leopards for nearly three weeks. One of them remains at large.