Christmas came early at the Memphis Zoo with the much-anticipated arrival of an orangutan baby, a girl named Ruhana ...

Two of the world’s rarest lions have arrived at a UK zoo as part of a breeding program to help save the highly endangered big cats from extinction. The pair of Asiatic lions - male Nilay and female ...

About 70 rare and valuable animals and birds have died in Lahore Zoo during the past five years.

A zoo has revealed the name and sex of a rare leopard cub born in captivity. Dartmoor Zoo said Zeya was born at the Devon park in September. Staff said the cub was named after the River Zeya, a major ...

A rare leopard cub has been born in a zoo in a "huge milestone" for the critically endangered species. Bosses at Dartmoor Zoo in Devon announced the successful birth of the Amur leopard cub to parents ...

Cincinnati Zoo officials say five cheetah cubs born after a rare C-section procedure are getting around-the-clock critical care in the zoo's nursery. The zoo's director of animal health says it's only ...

In a world-first, a team of specialised keepers at an Australian zoo have successfully bred one of the nation’s rarest birds. Fewer than 150 western ground parrots remain in the wild, and the race is ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California man accused of stealing a rare lemur from the San Francisco Zoo could spend up to one year behind bars for violating the Endangered Species Act, federal prosecutors said ...