C’sar arrived at the North Carolina Zoo on July 25, 1978, when he was about 4 years old. He was the 27th animal resident to ...

The North Carolina Zoo's oldest resident has died.C'sar was also the oldest African bull elephant in the United States. The ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced on Nov. 24 that one of its Asian elephants is expecting, marking the first time an elephant calf will be born at the zoo in ...

POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed its second baby elephant in a single calendar year for the first time in its nearly 100-year history, a milestone that the Ohio ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Zoo will begin construction this winter to double the size of its elephant barn after a historic year that saw the birth of four African elephant calves. The ...

There are few things in the world as cute as a baby animal... except maybe seeing a baby animal play around and be goofy the same way a human kid would. Babies of all species really do have a lot in ...

After temporarily freezing the import while he deliberated, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates decided to allow the ...

The National Human Rights Project has filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo, challenging the transfer of elephants ...

A Washington, D.C.–based animal-rights group has filed a lawsuit in Somerset County seeking to secure the liberty of two Pittsburgh Zoo elephants. The elephants were recently moved to an international ...