drawing huge crowds and giving rides to the zoo visitors. Eventually, he was sold to the Barnum and Bailey Circus in the United States, making Jumbo the world’s first animal superstar.

“The thing they came up with: celebrity animals.” Fans quickly grew attached to their favourites. When the zoo sold Jumbo the elephant to American showman PT Barnum in 1882, people protested ...

Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...

The Maryland Zoo has announced the birth of an endangered lemur, called a Coquerel’s sifaka, marking the first arrival of ...

As is the practice every year during this part of summer, the zoo management has made elaborate arrangements to help the animals withstand the heat. Efforts are made to maintain the room ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents -- the time to name those hatchlings will be much, much shorter.

Excited for a summer trip to the zoo? Here's what the Brandywine and Philadelphia zoos have in store, from craft beer nights to a sensory-friendly event.

An endangered baby lemur was born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, marking the first birth of the species — a Coquerel’s sifaka — at the facility since 2016, zoo officials announced Thursday. The ...

(Storyful) – Easter celebrations began early at Perth Zoo, Western Australia, as animals were treated to boiled eggs hidden throughout their enclosure as a form of enrichment activity this past ...

As of August 2024, approximately 860 bundles of joy had been brought into this world by Cincinnati Zoo animals since 2014, The Enquirer previously reported. That excluded insects, because there ...