Two young elephants at the Cincinnati Zoo, Sanjay and Kabir, overcame a deadly virus thanks to a new vaccine introduced to zoos nationwide last year.

The Oklahoma City Zoo welcomes Xerxes, born on Tuesday, to parents Achara and Bowie. The zoo's herd now contains eight ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo is celebrating the birth of an endangered Asian elephant calf. According to the Zoo, first-time parents ...

the zoo said. They have some company. In April, four Galápagos tortoise hatchlings were born at the Philadelphia Zoo, making "Mommy" and "Abrazzo" parents for the first time at almost a century old.

And the shift isn’t isolated to the Old Fourth Ward. According to the report, more than 22,000 Black residents were displaced from 16 majority-Black neighborhoods in Atlanta between 1980 and 2020.

Billy, a 40-year-old male, and Tina, a 59-year-old female, were moved to Tulsa as part of a collaborative effort with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to ensure the elephants’ long-term ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day on Sunday. Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a ...

Michael Hollis, 19, was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and firearm possession in connection with the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Ja-Nylen Greggs in southwest Atlanta.

ATLANTA — A 19-year-old has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 12-year-old Atlanta boy, according to the police department. Ja’nylen Greggs, 12, was killed in a drive-by ...

Zoo Miami's oldest animal, a 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise named Goliath, has become a father for the first time, marking a historic first hatchling for the zoo.

HOUSTON — You could choose to spend this Father’s Day weekend at the Houston Zoo celebrating a very special dad — Thailand, the Asian elephant, also known as Thai. Thai turns 60 on Monday ...

Believe it or not, this wasn’t the first time an elephant saved a life at this very zoo. Trompita, a 61-year-old Asian elephant, noticed an antelope stuck in that same body of water.