Under new legislation the minimum size of elephant enclosures will increase sixfold, there will be a touching ban in aquariums and the practice of tethering birds of prey long-term will be ditched.

Zoos will be required to give animals more enclosure space as “long overdue” welfare reforms come into place.

Good news for stingrays and elephants as new rules to be introduced in more than a decade and will help modernise the UK’s ...

New Zoo Standards will enhance welfare and protections for animals in Great Britain's zoos and aquariums. Major update in ...

The Tulsa Zoo shared the very first look at their new elephants Tina and Billy after they moved to Oklahoma from the Los ...

The fenced-in area, with a portion of it open air and another area covered, is located near the flamingo enclosure near the ...

33. See cougars, capybaras, jaguars, tigers, tapirs, bears, otters, koalas, kookaburas and more at the Palm Beach Zoo. Bring swimsuits for the zoo's fountain and splash pad. Bring your appetite for ...

An endangered East African crowned crane escaped the Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, the zoo said in a May 21 Facebook post. The young female bird has been gone for days, and no one can seem to catch ...

Kurt Heizmann, Director of Animal Care at the Minnesota Zoo, joins The Afternoon Shift to introduce the zoo’s newest—and most charming—additions: Spruce and Cedar, a pair of irresistibly cute Red ...

The Devon zoo, which is one of the most popular and largest visitor attractions in the county, has confirmed it has ...

Billy, 40, wasn’t hanging out by the waterfall. Tina, 59, wasn’t in the barn. On Tuesday morning, animal rights activists — ...

Turtles are among the longest-living animals on Earth, and some species go much beyond the average lifespans. While most ...