Rare giraffe calf born in French zoo
A Rothschild giraffe calf weighing 57 kilos and measuring 1.75 m tall is on display at the Amnéville zoo where she was born on 28 September 2020. The species is one of…
London Zoo reopens to the public after three months of lockdown
Excited Londoners visit their zoo for the first time in three months as animal parks reopen in the UK after the easing of coronavirus lockdown measures. Some parts of the zoo remain…
Tiger tests positive for coronavirus at New York zoo
A Malayan tiger is believed to have contracted the pathogen from an asymptomatic zookeeper. Zoo officials have denied there is competition between human and animal testing in New York, the hardest-hit area…
Apes and monkeys die as fire rips through German zoo
A zoo in the German city of Krefeld said "our worst fears have become reality" after a fire destroyed a primate sanctuary. Police said a drifting New Year sky lantern was be…
After fundraiser, NGO buys zoo to “free” animals
After being bought by an NGO, the Pont-Scorff zoo is set to be transformed into a wildlife rehabilitation centre. Rewild, a coalition of seven associations, collected €650,000 in a fundraiser and has…
Five strikes and he’s out: on-loan panda artificially inseminated at French zoo
After five futile attempts at impregnating Huan Huan, a female panda loaned to French zoo Beauval by China, her enthusiastic but ineffective partner Yuan Zi has had to step aside. Huan Huan…
Berlin Zoo: First German-born pandas ‘thriving’
The panda twins born two weeks ago are showing first signs of how they'll look once they mature. Berlin Zoo has played down a newspaper poll suggesting they be named "Hong" and…
NGOs react to a near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
NGOs react to a near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos…
Putin and Xi visit pandas at Moscow Zoo
Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-day visit to Russia by visiting the Moscow Zoo where two pandas loaned by China are currently housed.…
Thousands petition to move ‘bullied’ ape Bili out of Germany
The petitioners are calling on a German zoo to move to the UK a bonobo ape who they say is being bullied by others. The zoo has refuted their claims, saying aggression…
London Zoo glows with illuminated animal sculptures for Christmas
Visitors will be able to spot new kind of animals this Christmas when attending a London zoo after dark - creatures that are made out of fairy lights.…