Zoo

He went to work as usual: Husband investigated for burning wife's body in zoo’s animal incinerator

The events unfolded while Asahiyama Zoo has been shut for seasonal maintenance

A brown bear gnaws at the cage it is trapped in in Sunagawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan October 16, 2024.
A wolf that went missing after escaping from its enclosure in O-world zoo, roams in the zoo premises in Daejeon, South Korea April 8, 2026 in this still image of surveillance footage video playing on a screen.

Elusive wolf in South Korea captured and returned to zoo after nine days on the run

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.

Viral baby monkey Punch finds girlfriend

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.

Punch the baby macaque opens up to troop mates


Pigeons can understand space and time, match wits with AI - study

The finding underscores that animals beyond humans and primates show abstract intelligence.

Not a bird brain

Name a roach at Toronto Zoo - a fitting tribute to your ex this valentine's day

The perfect charitable $25 dollar tribute is already sold out for 2023.

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Dallas Zoo clouded leopard Nova was missing in zoo for hours

The clouded leopard, an average-sized adult named Nova, seemingly broke out of her habitat's mesh enclosure through an existing tear.

 The clouded leopard

Leopard escapes at Dallas zoo, prompting closure, 'Code Blue' alert

The escaped big cat is likely scared and unlikely to cause harm, zoo officials say.

 The clouded leopard

German zoo gets $26 million from widow of animal-loving Holocaust survivor

Reichert died in February 2021, at the age of 96, and it was not until recently that her estate was settled and funds could be disbursed.

 The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

Persian leopard makes aliyah from France to Ramat Gan Safari

The Safari Ramat Gan's new inhabitant comes from France and understands English but will get an Israeli name soon.

Arabian leopard in the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Botswana investigates elephant deaths near Chobe National Park

Two years after a natural toxin killed 300 elephants, a new spate of elephant deaths has authorities wondering what caused the deaths this time.

 A combination photo shows dead elephants in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020.

Russian forces stole art, raccoon, llama as they fled Kherson -Ukraine

Ukraine says that Russian forces have stolen cultural artifacts, raccoons, llamas, and other animals during their retreat from Kherson.

 The Kherson Art Museum

Lion mauls a man to death in Ghana zoo

Around noon on Sunday, a man gets mauled to death by a lion after entering the lion's enclosure at Ghana's Accra Zoo.

YASHA THE lioness is seen with her six-week-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in on May 6

How do gorillas get our attention? A special scream called 'snough' - study

An experiment on gorillas in an Atlanta zoo found that they could be moderate vocal learners, indicating that language as a growth communicator may not be unique to humans.

 A mountain gorilla in the Volcano National Park.