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Hot And Ottered! Houston Zoo's Animals Cool Down In Summer Heat. As temperatures soar this summer in Houston, Texas, animals at the city's zoo have been keeping cool. To keep animals cool during the ...

Credit: Kevin Kendrick/Jackelin Reyna/Houston Zoo/Cover Images As temperatures soar this summer in Houston, Texas, animals at ...

The Miller Park Zoo was excited to announce that a giant anteater was born in the Zoo on June 16. The zoo’s veterinary team was monitoring the female ...

An adult male Palawan pangolin (Manis Culionensis) was safely turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources (DENR Cenro) Taytay in ...

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Zookeepers at Drusillas Park in Sussex have been going above and beyond to keep their animals cool during the recent heatwave.

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"These sharks were getting bigger and bigger. These sharks' teeth were 3-to-4-inches long and 3-inches wide. These things made great white sharks look like minnows." ...