The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Peekaboo! The Denver Zoo is welcoming an endangered Huon tree kangaroo joey to first-time parents Pearl and Tristan. The joey, a boy with a pink nose, was ...
Virginia deputies were in for a shock when they found a kangaroo with bloody feet blocking traffic and hopping around in the middle of a snow-filled road. Nelson County Sheriff’s deputies said they ...
Dickerson Park Zoo announced the death of a lioness due to chronic kidney disease this week, according to a press release. Shetani, a 19-year-old lioness, was euthanized Feb. 3, 2026. She had been at ...
Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Dickerson Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Shetani, a 19-year-old lioness in its care. Shetani was humanely euthanized on Feb. 3, 2026. DPZ says its animal care team made the ...
A female Asian elephant calf has been born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, DC, the first in almost a quarter of a century. The baby, whose ...
WAHPETON, N.D. — Chahinkapa Zoo in Wahpeton is closed for the season. But zoo staff are still busy inside, taking care of animals. Including a special zoo resident, Roopert the kangaroo. On Tuesday, ...
An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...
It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant. There’s an abundance of bad news in ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Tula-Tu, the baby Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo, turned 1 on Sunday, and the zoo invited the community to join in the celebrations. At just one year old and nearly 1,000 ...
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new baby saki monkey. In a Facebook post shared Jan. 29, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced a male saki monkey was born on Jan. 19.