During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds PORTLAND, Ore. -- PORTLAND, Ore.

Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there. By Christine Hauser There have been plenty of children’s stories ...

Hear Bristol Zoo Project speak to BBC Radio Bristol. Picture: Bristol Zoological Society. A zoo has said intruders are posing a risk to its gorillas after a video circulated online from someone who ...

A dispute between residents and a nearby wildlife zoo in Washington County has made its way to the courtroom. People who live near Shalom Wildlife Zoo are suing both the Town of Farmington and the zoo ...

PHOENIX — Rolling thunderstorms in the Valley caused serious damage to the Phoenix Zoo on Monday, forcing the zoo to close for multiple days. More than a dozen trees were knocked over, debris was ...

The National Zoo and National Air and Space Museum called off their popular annual Halloween kids’ events, a disappointment for many D.C.-area families as the government shutdown hit two weeks with no ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- The startling moment a gorilla slammed into the glass lining of his enclosure at the San Diego Zoo was caught on video. A 10-year-old western lowland gorilla named Denny ...

A seemingly excited western lowland gorilla was striking a viewing window in his enclosure so hard the protective glass cracked. Video from the San Diego Zoo shows visitors getting a scare Saturday ...

SAN DIEGO — A western lowland gorilla broke a tempered glass panel at the San Diego Zoo, a spokesperson with the zoo confirmed. The incident happened on Saturday when Denny, a 10-year-old western ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public Sunday due to the government shutdown, which is on Day 13. The Smithsonian announced Friday on the social platform X that ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — At the San Diego Zoo, a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla broke a layer of protective glass in its enclosure on Saturday, zoo officials confirmed. According to a statement ...

WASHINGTON — The pandas at the National Zoo will find themselves without their usual adoring crowds Sunday when the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and research centers close their doors to the ...