Imagine a loud and noisy zoo going whisper-quiet, like a library or art gallery. That's what researchers say animals need.

The annual holiday light show, LumiNature, returns to the Philadelphia Zoo starting Nov. 21 and a new bear exhibit will break ...

From dogs with unique quirks to adorable cats and even playful hippo, these animal celebrities have captured hearts online.

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has the largest population of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in North America – and it ...

The Maryland Zoo announced the recent hatch of two endangered African penguin chicks.Zoo officials say“The size of the wild ...

Periwinkle, the Magellanic penguin who battled various challenges from the moment he hatched, takes over the internet when he ...

People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball." ...

Cameron Park Zoo is home to a penguin named Mauri going through treatment for melanoma. He’s the first penguin to receive this experimental chemotherapy, and his keepers hope his story will make him ...

When you go to the zoo and get giddy about seeing the penguin enclosure, just know that those aren ... museums and collectors ...

Pesto the Penguin, a king penguin at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, was one of two zoo animals that captured people’s attention last month. The other was Moo Deng, a newborn pygmy hippo ...

Cameron Park Zoo’s new education center and animal hospital ... barn and part of the $12.8 million Gloria and F.M. Young Penguin Shores Exhibit that opened in August with 11 pairs of South ...

The 37-year-old Gentoo penguin, who is housed at the Kansas ... Whitney Geslois, a senior animal care specialist at the zoo, noticed Bridget was “laying down a lot, various medications weren ...