If you still equate the word zoo with cowed animals trapped behind bars, then it may be time to update your mental image inventory. The sad cages of menageries past have been replaced, by and large, ...

THE NEED to protect natural resources from human intrusion and habitat destruction is urgent. Twenty-first century conservation reflects hard lessons learned during the last century: Humans know less ...

West Valley%27s Wildlife Word Zoo%2C Aquarium and Safari Park has about 6%2C000 animals and 80-plus acres. An exhibit with desert animals%2C zip line%2C rides%2C roller coaster and restaurant opens in ...

I’m often asked how the Zoo is doing, from those who know me through my work of 27 years there. Although happily retired, I am still involved in various volunteer capacities. Lately, the questions ...

They're getting antsy. We watched 2-year-old Violet and 4-year-old Eleanor scamper along a walkway on this fine, late-spring day with mom and grandma nearby. The little ones would normally romp ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Conservation breeding support in zoos has played a part in a quarter of all successful ...

Zoo Knoxville is celebrating a new arrival in the silvered leaf langur troop. A bright orange baby was born on Nov. 30 to parents Lucy and Walter. In addition to its watchful mother, staff members are ...

As scientists warn that some South American flamingos could be threatened with extinction, the Reid Park Zoo is taking steps to help the aquatic birds. Along with fostering 26 flamingos in its own ...