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The matriarch of a Colorado zoo’s lemur troop is caring for three newborn babies after she saved the day by adopting her sister’s baby, officials said. Screenshot of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's ...

Sesame Street' turns 50: How Big Bird, Elmo and friends broke new ground for ... Cynthia Erivo dueted with Kermit as part of the "Wicked" press tour and Michelle Obama was a frequent neighborhood ...

Three newborn baby lemurs are now thriving at a Colorado zoo after a sad situation threatened to jeopardize the little family, officials said. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo announced the newborns ...

Ranitomeya aquamarina, or the metallic poison frog, is the first new poison frog species of the Ranitomeya genus discovered in 13 years, according to researchers. According to the study ...

The long-awaited debut of one of the St. Louis Zoo's biggest babies is just around the corner. Keepers say Jet, the Asian Elephant calf born at the zoo through artificial insemination in November, is ...

Sedgwick County Zoo’s elephant herd just got bigger, and cuter, with the arrival of two new calves. The older calf, Bomani, was born April 10 to mom Talia, and just four days later, first-time ...

ST ELMO, Ill. — Two young children were injured when a gun went off while being cleaned Friday morning at a home in St. Elmo, Illinois. St. Elmo Police Chief Jeremy Scruggs told 5 On Your Side ...