If you still equate the word zoo with cowed animals trapped behind bars, then it may be time to update your mental image inventory. The sad cages of menageries past have been replaced, by and large, ...

THE NEED to protect natural resources from human intrusion and habitat destruction is urgent. Twenty-first century conservation reflects hard lessons learned during the last century: Humans know less ...

They're getting antsy. We watched 2-year-old Violet and 4-year-old Eleanor scamper along a walkway on this fine, late-spring day with mom and grandma nearby. The little ones would normally romp ...

I’m often asked how the Zoo is doing, from those who know me through my work of 27 years there. Although happily retired, I am still involved in various volunteer capacities. Lately, the questions ...

Sometimes you just have to take a break from the insanity of the world and look at pictures of cute babies, or baby animals. So check out the new baby sloth at the Memphis Zoo who is redefining the ...

ROYAL OAK (WWJ)-- Calling Wolfgang Puck ... As the Detroit Zoo prepares to open the Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness on June 8 and introduce a pair of gray wolves, it will also be inviting anyone whose ...