Arturo, the only remaining polar bear in the Mendoza Zoo outside of Buenos Aires, has been dubbed the "world's saddest polar bear" by animal rights activists, and for good reason. (If there is a sadder polar bear out there, then I'm pretty sure that we have no way of being sure that our earth isn't a terrible… » 7/14/14 6:15pm 7/14/14 6:15pm

A woman has been banned from the Memphis Zoo for trying to climb into a lion enclosure and feed them cookies. » 6/25/14 3:00pm 6/25/14 3:00pm

A zoo in Austria named a baby tiger in a litter of five white tigers born last month "Obama." » 5/27/14 3:20pm 5/27/14 3:20pm

Just weeks after a zoo in Denmark made a controversial decision to kill a giraffe and feed it to lions and big cats, word comes that a second zoo may put down one of its giraffes. » 2/13/14 9:41am 2/13/14 9:41am

Zookeepers at the Copenhagen Zoo killed a “surplus” giraffe named Marius this weekend. And while that seems cruel, the zoo’s staff is more confused by how their actions have made animal rights activists freak out. » 2/10/14 1:45pm 2/10/14 1:45pm

A new year, a new you. Stop hating your life and start being a panda keeper at the zoo. » 12/31/13 12:00pm 12/31/13 12:00pm

Well, this is really fucking sad. A female lion named Johari, 5, was attacked and killed by a male lion in her enclosure at the Dallas Zoo on Sunday afternoon. Another obvious example of the patriarchy in action, said some idiot making a terrible joke (me). » 11/18/13 7:45pm 11/18/13 7:45pm

Behold the majestic lowland ape. Marvel at his strength, his wildness. His complete inability to get along with ladies. » 9/24/13 7:20pm 9/24/13 7:20pm

After his mom was killed by a hunter, Kali the polar bear was orphaned and taken to the Alaska Zoo. She's about three months old, and weighs 18 pounds, and is basically a walking stuffed animal. » 3/25/13 11:30pm 3/25/13 11:30pm

Not unlike how many of us play games on Facebook to kill time until it's five o'clock, orangutans at Smithsonian's National Zoo are utilizing iPads so they don't go nutso. Because being trapped in a small enclosure can be depressing, it's exciting when zoos strive to incorporate engaging enrichment. The iPads were a… » 1/29/13 11:15pm 1/29/13 11:15pm

Stay home, order in a bánh mì and livestream some flamingos! The Smithsonian National Zoo now has an app for that. » 8/04/12 3:45pm 8/04/12 3:45pm

This isn't going to be easy, but, um, you know how you go on some random squee site and see really adorable pictures of the new tiger cubs born, let's say, at the Copenhagen Zoo? Yeah, well, some of those cubs were probably euthanized to help control the tiger population and recreate the extremely high cub mortality… » 8/03/12 10:25am 8/03/12 10:25am

Last night, Jay Leno interviewed both current Jersey Shore Madonna With Child Snooki and once and always pompous pain in the ass Newt Gingrich. Two totally different expressions of everything that is wrong with America, on a show hosted by a guy who probably appeals to people who appreciated the Garfield movie. And… » 7/19/12 10:50am 7/19/12 10:50am

On Saturday Tessa, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's four-year-old giraffe, gave birth to her first calf, and the first born at the zoo in 26 years. The sex of the calf hasn't been checked, as the mother and child are being left alone to bond. The zoo posted photos on its blog, along with a sentence that makes… » 4/04/11 12:28pm 4/04/11 12:28pm

Today a necropsy, or animal autopsy, found that brain changes may have killed Knut, the Berlin zoo's beloved 4-year-old polar bear. » 3/22/11 8:39pm 3/22/11 8:39pm

Lulu, who rose to fame in 1972 after delivering the Central Park Zoo's first baby gorilla, died of a seizure at her retirement habitat. The beloved gorilla had 10 children and several grandchildren, and at 46, she was relatively old. » 1/26/11 9:52am 1/26/11 9:52am

Knut the polar bear is "definitely displaying behavioral problems," according to PETA scientists who point to Knut's swaying back and forth, imitating picture-taking tourists, and having "panic attacks." A Berlin Zoo rep say this is "ridiculous." [AFP via Newser] » 6/18/10 12:40pm 6/18/10 12:40pm

Remember when Knut was a tiny, adorable ball of white fur? Now everyone's favorite cub is a man - or a 300-pound sex machine. "He's going to be our new stud bull," said the Berlin Zoo director. [TheSun] » 3/24/10 9:20am 3/24/10 9:20am

There is a reason animals in zoos are kept behind enclosures, but a woman at the Berlin Zoo decided to ignore this reasoning and decided to jump into the polar bear pit during feeding time. » 4/12/09 11:30am 4/12/09 11:30am

More evidence that captivity might mess up animals: 30% of zoos in one survey said their gorillas killed and ate local wildlife, even though wild gorillas seem to subsist on plants and bugs. [Economist] » 3/27/09 6:20pm 3/27/09 6:20pm