About the size of a half-dollar, the baby painted river terrapin — a critically endangered species — at the Smithsonian’s ...

A Florida zoo is celebrating its first birth of 2026 - an endangered animal. See what it is and the adorable photos, video.

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu in the film "Rio" – was born at the Centre for the Conservation of ...

As renovation projects continue to expand the Montgomery Zoo, its animal population is growing as well. Plans are in the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Chacoan peccary twins have been born at the Dickerson Park Zoo (DPZ). Peccaries were originally thought to be extinct, and the Zoo says the birth of these twins is a significant ...

As the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) enters its 200th year as a charity, keepers at London Zoo have started counting every animal for its annual stocktake. The zoo is home to more than 8,000 ...

The Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 and as an AZA accredited zoo, Great Plains is required to have conservation as a core part of their mission.

CLEVELAND – A critically endangered rhino made its public debut Friday at a Cleveland zoo, dashing about its enclosure and giving a boost to the endangered species. The 120-pound (55-kilogram) eastern ...

Lions, penguins and wriggly millipedes all have to be counted every year. It takes up to a week to count the thousands of animals which live at the zoo.

Humboldt penguins, Asiatic lions, corals, Seychelles millipedes and capybaras were some of the 8,000 animals being counted ...

Many gorilla populations have declined or disappeared over the past few decades. Western lowland gorillas have been assessed ...