WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Any trip to Philadelphia Zoo must include a visit to see Mommy, the Galapagos tortoise who gained global attention when she became a first-time mom at the estimated ripe ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia Zoo visitors usually can’t get too close to the animals, but now they are encouraged to touch and even climb and play on some of them. Zoo officials are ...

Chicago's Brookfield Zoo is one of the city's TWO amazing zoos to enjoy with your kids. While Lincoln Park Zoo has the advantage of being free, it can be tough to get to if you don't live on the North ...

A Baird's tapir, similar to this tapir, was born July 23 at the Houston Zoo as part of the zoo’s plan for genetic diversity. When people visit their local zoo, they often expect the animals to be well ...

HOUSTON — As the temperatures begin to climb in Houston, animals at the Houston Zoo have to find ways to keep their bodies cool. They can't do that on their own, so they get a little help. To enrich ...

For years, the OC Zoo has made sure the animals enjoy the holidays as much as their human visitors. So over the weekend, as youngesters in costumes trick-or-treated and did crafts around the zoo, the ...

At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...