Photos: Vets race to save the last two animals in the Mosul zoo
UPDATED: It took months of planning and unanticipated hangups at border crossings, but the Four Paws International team led by Amir Khalil succeeded in removing Lula the bear and Simba the lion from their confines at the damaged Mosul zoo…
How well do you know the world: Peace deals and the ‘worst zoo’
This week, Colombia finalized a peace deal, an earthquake leveled villages in Italy, and something notable happened at the world’s “worst zoo.” Take our quiz about this and more.
DC panda Bao Bao experiences snow for the first time
Bao Bao rolled around in Washington, D.C.’s first snow of 2015.Video by Smithsonian National Zoo We can confirm that Bao Bao — a Washington, D.C. celebrity who was propelled into the limelight last year when she was born to…
In landmark ruling, orangutan granted legal ‘person’ status in Argentina
A court in Argentina ruled Sunday that an orangutan was entitled to some basic rights as a "non-human individual" and can live in a partially free primate sanctuary, local media reported.
Zookeepers at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa have been working diligently in an effort to cheer up Wang -- the last polar bear on the African continent.
Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth at the Smithsonian's National Zoo on August 23.
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video press conference of zoo director and chief veterinarian talk about panda cub's death…
Hari interviews nature photographer Joel Sartore about his biodiversity project…
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