The San Francisco Zoo is welcoming a stern-faced 26-year-old male silverback gorilla named Cecil who will be introduced to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- John Ball Zoo’s adorable baby pygmy hippo has a name -- Hugo. The zoo announced the name Friday, Oct. 3 in a Facebook post. Hugo was born Sept. 3, weighing 11 pounds, to his pygmy ...

The Smithsonian Institute’s museums, research centers, and the National Zoo remain open this week despite the government shutdown that started at midnight Oct. 1. The Smithsonian, a federal government ...

TOWN OF FARMINGTON, Wis. — The Shalom Wildlife Zoo in Washington County is facing a legal battle with some of its neighbors, and the community is fired up. TMJ4 News received dozens of emails, ...

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have identified the oldest-known piece made of hippopotamus ivory in the Iberian Peninsula. Found at the Bòbila Madurell site near Barcelona, one of Europe’s ...

The calf was born "to mom Subira and first-time dad Kapu," zoo officials said San Diego Zoo/Instagram (2) The San Diego Zoo recently welcomed a baby okapi This is the first okapi calf born at the zoo ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo announced a much-anticipated naming contest for its new pygmy hippo calf on Friday afternoon. Zoo staff have chosen three different name options—Hugo, Blitz and ...

Researchers have identified the oldest hippopotamus ivory object ever found in the Iberian Peninsula, a 4,000-year-old object that provides new details about long-distance trade networks during Europe ...

Researchers at the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar (SERP) of the University of Barcelona have identified the oldest-known piece made of hippopotamus ivory in the Iberian Peninsula. This ...

Watch as Silverback gorilla Kirburi undergoes a full health check at London Zoo. After experiencing repeated gastrointestinal issues, the 21-year-old patriarch of the zoo was looked over by a team of ...

London Zoo’s 21-year-old silverback gorilla, Kiburi, has been given a clean bill of health after a full cardiology exam and CT scan. The 177kg western lowland gorilla had been under observation for ...