When Alex Simpson was a child, he dreamed of working as a zookeeper. Now, he works with rhinos, giraffes, hippos at the ...

"I wanted it all!" Kastelic said of the experience while mucking out the stall of the zoo's poitou donkey, Obernai. Below: watch Chronicle's Erika Tarantal's turn at zookeeper for a day ...

But for Alan Toyne, former zookeeper turned author ... is more than an account of life behind the scenes at Bristol Zoo—it’s a meditation on human-animal bonds, the ethics of conservation ...

Mstari was born at the Toronto Zoo and lives with Kiko in the same paddock, zookeeper Amy Gerditschke said. Sunday's announcement marks Mstari's third pregnancy. One of Mstari's daughters went to ...

Things are looking downright prehistoric at the Akron Zoo. The zoo is going to be home to some dinosaurs as DinoTrek takes up residence May 10 through Sept. 14 with some 20 life-size animatronic ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Great Plains Zoo will have a new look in the coming years. This week the organization that runs the Zoo, called the Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium, announced a ...

Four former Columbus Zoo and Aquarium executives were imprisoned or jailed for defrauding the zoo of over $2.3 million. A new state audit revealed a "perfect storm" of corruption and lax financial ...

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s polar bear Laerke went viral over the weekend when a video of her behavior caused concern for some commenters. Zoo staff told The News Tribune on Tuesday that the ...

At the National Zoo, the new pandas, still too young for romance, have nevertheless given welcome indications that they are interested in each other, staff members say. The female bleated at the ...

The dogs are about as big as medium-size domestic dogs The zoo has never had a visitor death prior to the incident It's not clear when the zoo will reopen PITTSBURGH (AP) — A mother's attempt to ...

Hamadryas baboons are found in the wild in large numbers in Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the zoo said. They live in troops of several hundred baboons. Daniella Segura McClatchy News ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Zoo is involved in many conservation efforts and one trip in February took zoo staff to the other side of the world. “It was amazing. I felt like I was ...