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Keepers at Pocatello Zoo, Idaho, were worried when they noticed Shooter, a four-year-old elk, acting strangely at his water trough. Baffled, they watched as the animal - who is so massive some keepers are afraid to even enter his enclosure - tried to dip his hooves into his drinking trough...

OSAKA, Japan (AFP) – The Tokyo government said Tuesday a local zoo will start showing giant pandas from Friday, when it will resume operations after a temporary closure following a deadly earthquake and tsunami. A pair of the animals, leased from China, arrived at Ueno Zoo on February 21...

A 15-year-old lion has died at the Calgary Zoo while being anesthetized for medical checks, the zoo said Thursday. Abena, one of the zoo's three female lions, had for the last three months been experiencing collapsing episodes that were increasing in frequency. The zoo said in a release that...

In what is described as the perfect Valentine's Day gift, New York's Bronx Zoo is offering the chance to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after that special someone in your life. "Flowers wilt. Chocolates melt. Roaches are forever," the zoo said on its website about the name a roach gift...

-- An icy cold front that swept through northern Mexico over the weekend left 65 zoo animals dead, the zoo's owner told CNN on Monday. Parrots, crocodiles and peacocks were among the victims of temperatures that dropped as low as 5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 15 degrees Celsius) early Saturday...

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua have frozen to death during the region's coldest weather in six decades. Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14 parrots, 13 serpents, five iguanas, two crocodiles and a capuchin monkey died. He...

A rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs at an Indonesian zoo in a welcome boost for the endangered species, an official said Thursday. The big cat gave birth to four cubs at Taman Rimba zoo in Jambi province Tuesday but one died immediately, according to provincial tourism and...

Siberian tiger Katja is seen in the den with her cub before she abandoned it on Tuesday. A Siberian tiger cub born Monday at the Calgary Zoo has died of organ failure after being abandoned by its mother, Katja. The unnamed female cub died at around 7 p.m. Thursday night, zoo staff announced...