The hippopotamus habitat at the ABQ BioPark Zoo is now open to visitors wishing to catch a glimpse of the new baby hippo born ...

Cassie, a bobcat, came to the zoo earlier this year from California, according to a post on the zoo's Facebook page. Cassie was orphaned as a baby and could no longer fend for herself, according to ...

A new technology making it easier to track monarch butterfly migrations was deployed Saturday at the Oklahoma City Zoo and ...

The John Ball Zoo announced on Friday that after a week-long naming contest, its new pygmy hippo calf will be called Hugo. Zoo officials said the name means smart and spirited, "just like we expect ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has finally revealed the name of its pygmy hippo calf: Hugo. Pygmy hippo calf born at John Ball Zoo The zoo announced the name Friday afternoon in a social ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is hosting Native Species Awareness Day on Saturday, Oct. 4. The zoo says it will be a day of educational events focusing on ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Our planet is home to thousands upon thousands of species, large and small, cute and ugly, and human activity has driven many of them to the brink of extinction in just the past few decades. Today, we ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo bid goodbye to two beloved animals this weekend — a chimpanzee and a kelp gull. Sammy the chimpanzee turned 47 in June and had been at John Ball Zoo since ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo is gearing up for its annual Halloween event, a long-standing tradition that offers Oklahoma’s favorite trick-or-treating experience with festive decorations, safe fun, and ...

Oklahoma is going to turn the clock back against Kent State. The Sooners teased a return of their throwback uniforms on social media on Monday, which is a look OU rolled out last year against Houston.

El Paso Zoo Director Joe Montisano has been placed on administrative leave this week, though city officials won’t discuss the reason. An email from assistant director Gary Lunsford sent Sept. 22 to ...