There are only a few hundred black-footed ferrets still living in the Western United States. But scientists have been able to clone ferrets from genetic specimens collected in the 1980s. Here & Now’s ...
The Bronx Zoo’s beloved blind gorilla, who was featured in an Animal Planet docuseries, died of an ‘acute cardiac event,” the zoo announced Tuesday. Ntondo, a male western lowland gorilla who lived in ...
A lot of exciting changes and celebrations are coming to the Cincinnati Zoo.The zoo is celebrating the birth of African penguin chicks for the first time in three years, marking a hopeful milestone ...
Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...
An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...
The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh’s first offspring. Brandie ...
A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...
Without a resident groundhog, the Milwaukee County Zoo had an eastern black rhino – one of its newest residents – handle its Groundhog Day prediction this year. According to non-scientific tradition, ...
Who doesn’t love a snow day? The most popular animals at the National Zoo in D.C. — the giant pandas — certainly did. A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur ...
A very small, very rare, and very nocturnal new resident is the latest animal to be born at the Bronx Zoo. Zoo officials have announced the birth of an endangered pygmy slow loris, a tiny primate born ...
The Woodland Park Zoo is “bursting with pride,” officials said, after the birth of two female South African lions. The pair of sand-colored cubs, marked with speckles of dark fur across their heads, ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Metroparks Zoo will say goodbye to its seal and sea lions this year. An 11-year-old harbor seal named Onion and two 17-year-old sea lions, Annabelle and Hera, are to be ...