Until now, contraception has been the method of choice for zoos to avoid surplus animals. Researchers are now calling for a ...

Several inches of snowfall kept the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute closed to visitors this week. But the animals and their caretakers still had a good time!

Hennessy said that 2024 was a “massive” year for the zoo with two baby gorillas — Juno and Venus — and three Asiatic lion ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — Growers and conservationists have a new weapon to detect invasive spotted lanternflies early and limit their spread: dogs trained to sniff out egg masses that overwinter in ...

“I’m a tropical species, and she’s a northern species.” Rivera’s first visit to Zoo Atlanta impressed him; particularly a program the zoo was operating at the time to prepare Golden Lion tamarinds to ...

A tiny new arrival at an Ohio zoo was “the size of a golf ball” at birth. Throughout the armadillo pup’s first three weeks of ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Customs officials in South Texas intercepted three live monkeys in a vehicle that were being transferred ...

From rare mammals to exotic reptiles, these little ones not only capture hearts but also contribute to preserving species at risk of extinction.

Texas and Arizona State are set to play in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on New Year's Day. A Zoo Atlanta elephant makes a ...

Msholo, an African elephant at Zoo Atlanta, has picked ASU to pull the upset over the Texas Longhorns in the College Football ...

Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, frequently appear in wildlife seizures, yet there is no universal system for tracking or identifying individual animals. Researchers proposed what ...

Zoo Atlanta announced it was committing itself to seven different international conservation programs thanks to funding from the Zoo’s Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment Fund. Heading into 2025, ...