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 ...

but we have not seen a bear go down playscape before, ever. That was a first." One of four Galapagos tortoises hatchlings make its debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Wednesday ...

The zoo plans a significant expansion and renovation, to include the extension of the zoo’s revolutionary Zoo360 trail system and the addition of a third bear habitat. “Philadelphia Zoo has ...

"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 ...