In recent decades, scientists and public health experts have increasingly examined how human interactions with wildlife and ...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused significant disruption to all businesses, but zoos seemed to have struggled more than most. Around the world all have recognised the same challenge: without paying ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.

Zoos are great, right? You get to be up close and personal with some amazing animals that you’d pretty much never get to see in the wild. Clearly, zoos are a win for people. But when it comes to the ...

An Indian tiger roars behind bars at a zoo in Kolkata.(Getty Images/AFP/DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY) Most zoos worldwide are not maintaining acceptable animal welfare standards, according to a leading ...

Every afternoon at London Zoo until the early 1970s a table laid with cups, saucers and a teapot would be set out for the chimpanzees. An amusing set piece was anticipated: chimps throwing crockery at ...

Do zoos represent pointless captivity or an opportunity for conservation and education? Linda Kimotho and Oluwaseun S Iyasere have different takes. LINDA: The anticipated thrill of seeing animals at ...

Pittsburgh Zoo ships 7-year-old gorilla Frankie to Boston in exchange for veteran silverback Little Joe in a deal shaking up ...

The first thing Chris Gifford thought as he felt a fang sink into his skin was: I’m going to die. The second: I need to start a timer immediately. That day in 2021, Gifford was cleaning the enclosures ...