Why this zoo is using a hand puppet to raise rare baby vulture

A king vulture chick is being hand-raised by a puppet at a New York City zoo. On February 25, the Bronx Zoo welcomed its first king vulture chick since the 1990s, according to a press release from the Wildlife Conservation Society. The zoo shared the …

Edinburgh Zoo releases first pictures of adorable gentoo penguin chicks

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com  and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Edinburgh Zoo has shared images of tiny gentoo penguin chicks, the first to have hatched this breeding season. Three chicks have emerged so far and keepers at the …

Letters to the Editor: A defense of the Tulsa Zoo as the L.A. Zoo's last two elephants move to Oklahoma

To the editor: As a former Los Angeles resident and native Tulsan, I was distressed to read that L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield thinks that sending elephants Billy and Tina to our Tulsa Zoo is a bad idea (“Last two elephants to leave L.A. Zoo after …

Hyderabad Zoo Park planning closer wildlife experience draws mixed reactions

Hyderabad: The Nehru Zoological Park’s decision to enable the visitors to take selfies and experience a closer experience of the white tigers in the zoo, which would potentially be expanded to other carnivores, is being seen as both positive and negative …

Mumbai News: Byculla Zoo Reintroduces Blackbucks After 7 Years; Welcomes 3 Penguin Chicks, Expands Enclosure

Mumbai: After seven years, Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo at Byculla has reintroduced blackbucks to its collection, receiving three new animals from the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Katraj, Pune. Currently housed in a quarantine facility, the …

Art at the Zoo

Stuff We Love May 3, 2025 This winter, Tonya Lutz and Rick Pruckler of Alden’s Whistling Frog Tile have been working on a special installation: turning a design by Detroit artist Hubery Massey into a mural for the Detroit Zoo! The mural, once complete, …

Sioux Falls schools partner with Great Plains Zoo on new curriculum

Kindergarten, first grade and second grade students in all 24 elementary schools in the Sioux Falls School District will soon benefit from a new literacy and science initiative in partnership with the Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium. The initiative started …

2025 Walk for Wishes to take place May 3 at The Detroit Zoo

ROYAL OAK, MI (WXZY) — Walk For Wishes is a nationwide Make-A-Wish fundraising event that celebrates the more than 550,000 wishes that have been granted around the world, while raising the necessary funds to grant more wishes in the future. The yearly …

Sarthana Zoo boosts vigilance as summer vacation brings surge in visitors

We went to the huge zoo with polar bears and dinosaurs named third best in UK

Tripadvisor recently revealed its 2025 rankings for the best zoos and aquariums according to review scores left by the public. Chester Zoo came out on top - which will be no surprise to the thousands of families who head there every year, as it's one …