A zookeeper described the 43-year-old orangutan who has lived at the zoo his whole life as an intelligent, thoughtful observer.

Minnie, the female orangutan and a prime attraction at the century-old Mysuru Zoo, is showing signs of recovery after battling pneumonia. The zoo management consulted veterinary experts from the ...

Scientists at Chester Zoo are testing a "tail-tagging" technique to help reintroduce a rare species into the wild. Last week, conservationists at Chester Zoo trialled attaching dummy transmitters ...

Their unique "orangutan crossing system" is an incredible invention that has some zoo guests going absolutely bananas! The "O-Line" is one of the coolest, most mind-boggling things I've ever seen ...

At Zoo Atlanta, Sumatran tigers are offered durable, large toys such as hard-plastic balls and empty kegs, which encourage them to engage in natural behaviors like batting and chewing ...

A Shropshire building firm says work is now well underway on 51 new 'luxury lodges' for Chester Zoo - weeks after completing the attraction's most ambitious development to date. The announcement ...

In 2015 I met and “interviewed” a 55-year-old Sumatran orangutan named Inji, who at the time was the world’s oldest known member of her species. Originally a victim of the pet trade, she’d been living ...

A tiger who has been put down at a zoo due to an "untreatable spinal condition ... announced the death of Kubu, a 13-year-old Sumatran Tiger, on Monday. It said the animal had been under ...

A tiger who has been put down at a zoo due to an "untreatable spinal condition" has been described as "truly remarkable". Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, announced the death ...