Jan. 19 (UPI) --Firefighters responded to a zoo in Germany where a red panda named Barney escaped from his enclosure and climbed high up in a tree. The Cologne Fire Department said in a Facebook post ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Parrots, baboons and lions joined an exodus of nearly one million humans fleeing the Israeli invasion of the city of Rafah last month. Fathi Jumaa, 60, owner of the Rafah Zoo ...

During the recent total solar eclipse, cranes appeared to dance, and meerkats ran around erratically, zookeepers have reported. Scientists and wildlife experts observed the unusual behaviors exhibited ...

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...

Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days ago, we learned that Germany's Tiergarten Nurnberg zoo killed 12 ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...