Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

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Eight African penguins hatched at the Maryland Zoo during the recent breeding season, adding to the population of the critically endangered animal, officials said.

Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three chimpanzees. Here's how staff are managing their care.

FARGO — The Red River Zoo has welcomed two rare additions — a pair of Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild and now classified as endangered. The two male horses are not part of a breeding ...

The Wilds is a wildlife conservation center located on 10,000 acres of reclaimed strip-mined land in southeastern Ohio. Managed by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the center focuses on conserving ...

Two of the world’s rarest lions have arrived at a UK zoo as part of a breeding program to help save the highly endangered big ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. is preparing for the birth of a large “charismatic and charming” animal: an Asian elephant calf. Zoo officials announced Monday morning that an Asian elephant is ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

The Maryland Zoo has announced the hatching of eight critically endangered African penguin chicks this breeding season.