PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show ...

A 13-year-old Amur Tiger and mother to six cubs was euthanized last week, the Minnesota Zoo announced Thursday. Sundari, also known as “Dari,” was euthanized due to mesothelioma, an aggressive and ...

Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise and the San Diego Zoo’s oldest resident, has died. She came from the Bronx Zoo nearly a century ago and was known as the "Queen of the Zoo." Visitors and ...

The Philadelphia Zoo's longest resident had no children at the start of this year. But now, a Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise named Mommy has enough hatchlings to fill out an NCAA Sweet 16 ...

Gramma, an estimated 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, died Thursday at the San Diego Zoo, ending a near century-long chapter of what the zoo said was quiet, yet constant ambassadorship to generations ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After more than four decades of goofy antics and cherished memories, one of the metro’s most beloved residents has died, the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced Wednesday. Lois, a ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died. The zoo said Gramma had ongoing bone conditions and that caretakers had to make the ...

On the heels of last week’s devastating loss of a beloved polar bear and giraffe, the San Diego Zoo on Tuesday announced that Maka, a 30-year-old Western lowland gorilla they called “the heart of our ...

There's a new bear in town, bringing the number of polar bears at the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, to four. On Friday morning, zoo officials announced the arrival of 4-year-old Astra, who they ...

A 19-year-old man was mauled to death after climbing into a lion enclosure Sunday morning in Brazil. Viral video captured the incident, showing the victim scaling a roughly 26-foot-tall fence to enter ...

Staff members pose for photographs several of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia on Wednesday. PHILADELPHIA ...