Zoo
Rio de Janeiro zoo animals are treated to popsicles as the city faces scorching summer weather
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Animals at Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque zoo received popsicles and frozen treats Tuesday as the city faced another day of extreme heat during Brazil’s...
Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll
Panda Bao Li eats bamboo at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28. The zoo, as well as other Smithsonian facilities, will be closed beginning on...
Baby white rhino Nova makes her public debut at Belgium’s Pairi Daiza zoo
BRUGELETTE, Belgium (AP) — Baby white rhino Nova captivated visitors at Belgium’s Pairi Daiza zoo on Wednesday, making her public debut with a playful display of jumps and frolics...
Rio’s thirsty zoo animals get icy treats to cool down in Brazil’s stifling summer heat
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Rio de Janeiro zoo is giving ice pops to a bear, a jaguar, wolves and monkeys as Brazil swelters.The cold treats are part...
A young gorilla rescued from aircraft hold recovers at Istanbul zoo
ISTANBUL (AP) — A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his...
Firm completes ‘really interesting’ zoo project
A construction firm which normally works on public projects like schools, bus stations and fire stations has just completed work on a new attraction at Chester Zoo.Andrew Dunham, from...
Moo Deng is a worldwide phenomenon. How long can this global love affair last?
CHONBURI PROVINCE, Thailand — Like most babies, Moo Deng spends a lot of her time sleeping.But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming...
Zoo says Ukraine lionesses getting ‘second chance’
Two lionesses rescued from a Ukrainian war zone have arrived at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian.Luna and Plusza - both aged four - arrived at the zoo on...
Putin gifts lion and brown bears to North Korea zoo
Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea's main zoo more than 70 animals, including a lion and two brown bears, in yet another display of burgeoning relations between...
Zoo begins mission to save Mexican boxer pupfish
A zoo has started a breeding programme for a Mexican fish species that is believed to have gone extinct in the wild.Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire says it has been...
