While Texas can have some epic temperature swings and extreme weather, animals kept at zoos rely on humans to help them adapt ...

For most of us, visiting the zoo as a child brings up happy memories of adventures, melting ice cream, and childhood friends.

Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant's teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. Geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where ...

From an endangered reticulated baby giraffe to a clouded leopard cub, zoos across the nation are seeing many births as caretakers help to save vulnerable animals.

The Phoenix Zoo lost its beloved mountain lion, Sierra, who was humanely euthanized this week after dealing with advanced ...

I should say right away that I was no great proponent of the abolition of zoos or a deep thinker on zoo ethics. But I was struck by how small the cage was, especially for a member of a species of ...

These are the kind of questions that Southern California zoos and aquariums grapple with in times of fires or other emergencies. From the Big Bear zoo in the San Bernardino Mountains to the ...

Today, there are more than 10,000 zoos worldwide, according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a global non-profit organisation. Collectively, they see immense footfall – attracting more ...

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for ...