Ever since reading The Perfect Shot by Kevin Robertson, I can't visit a zoo without drawing imaginary beads on the big game animals! How hard would it be to take down the elephant with a heavy rifle?

The Philadelphia Zoo's Bear Country exhibit is getting a $20 million makeover. The big picture: The project is the zoo's largest in more than a decade. Driving the news: The zoo plans to renovate ...

A polar bear accidentally killed another polar bear as zoo visitors watched on in a tragic case of rough play. A necropsy has ...

Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...

"This would have been a death verdict for the cub." The zoo confirmed earlier this week that its other female polar bear, Vilma, had eaten her two offspring. The zoo said it feared Vera would do ...