A man was convicted Wednesday of stabbing to death a transgender actor and model in her apartment in Georgia last year, a killing that shocked the South Caucasus nation and ...

The new baby gorilla at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a name thanks to TODAY viewers. Beni's name, which was revealed April 8 on the show, comes from the name of territory ...

The weather is (trying) to warm up and that means the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is ready for it's annual Zoo Blooms!This month, the zoo will come alive with an explosion of color made by ...

The zoo's CREW program, which focuses on breeding endangered species, has received $6.3 million from the Institute of Museum and Library Services since 1997. The zoo says it will seek funding from ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The annual Grand Rapids Lantern Festival kicks off Wednesday at the John Ball Zoo. This is the third year the zoo is hosting the event in partnership with Tianyu ...

Chester Zoo has unveiled its newest zone centred around African species, becoming the largest zoo habitat ever created in the UK. The ‘Heart of Africa’ habitat area spans a 22.5-acre area ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Spectators’ eyes lit up, darting from one attraction to the next, on Tuesday along a pathway of glowing dragons, butterflies and flowers at John Ball Zoo. This year’s ...

The animals, two lambs and two alpacas, were part of a mobile petting zoo initiative run by Diane Strong through her nonprofit organization, Spurs Academy. "Coming out of my home and seeing that ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Lantern Festival returns to John Ball Zoo this spring. Visitors will take a one-mile path through the zoo to see hundreds of lanterns. While last year's ...

The Detroit Zoo is mourning the loss of a beloved male Bactrian camel, who was euthanized last week, according to a post on the zoo's official Facebook page. The camel, named Rusty, became a ...

A 6-year-old, two-toed sloth unexpectedly went into labor in her zoo exhibit in front of zoo goers on Wednesday, April 2 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...