A binturong at the National Zoo bit two employees, sending both to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. The mammal ...

According to the Smithsonian, the workers were conducting a routine training session with the animal, named Lola, when the ...

Binturong Lola in her habitat at the Claws & Paws Pathway at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. (Courtesy Smithsonian/Skip Brown) A 12-year-old binturong named Lola bit two ...

Two zookeepers were taken to a hospital after they were bitten by a binturong, also known as a bearcat, at the Smithsonian’s ...

The sharp-toothed binturong was being trained and was off-exhibit, the zoo said. The staffers’ injuries were not life-threatening.

Two staff members at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in D.C. were taken to the hospital after they were bitten by a binturong, commonly nicknamed a “bear cat.” ...

Binturongs, or bearcats, are part of the Viverridae family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals native to South and Southeast Asia. Merlin will be the first Binturong the Little Rock Zoo has ...

The binturong, or bearcat (Arctictis binturong) inhabits a range stretching from northeast India and Bangladesh to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and the Philippines. It is found more rarely in Nepal, ...

Some animals at the Tulsa Zoo are getting a change of scenery as part of the zoo’s seasonal rotation to support their well-being. New Spot for ‘Palawan’ the Binturong The zoo’s binturong, named ...