They’re some of the San Francisco Zoo’s most cherished attractions and currently the largest big cats in its residence, but plans are underway to send the facility’s two remaining lions elsewhere, ...

Activists had sued in a bid to secure her the fundamental human right to bodily liberty. Zoo officials said she was well ...

Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55, the ...

Happy the Elephant, the beloved Bronx Zoo icon who proved the incredible intelligence of her species and was the center of a ...

Happy made history in 2005 by passing a mirror self-recognition test, a milestone for elephant cognition research ...

Cameron Park Zoo is planning new exhibits and a signature species search after elephant Tembo died in December.

In research reported about 20 years ago, Happy appeared to recognize herself in a mirror. She was later the subject of a ...

Last month, Yahoo! News published an article featuring what it described as a “heartbreaking” video of an elephant at the Denver Zoo randomly performing a circus trick. That characterization is both ...

A new baby elephant is now greeting visitors at the Fort Worth Zoo — and he has a Texas-sized name. The zoo announced this week that Sam Houston, a male Asian elephant calf born April 1, made his ...

Sam Houston, born April 1 to mom Bluebell, is the zoo’s fourth Asian elephant calf since 2021 and is now on public view. The zoo says Sam Houston's birth marks an important milestone for elephant ...

The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed Sam Houston, a 285-pound Asian elephant, its largest-ever elephant calf, on April 1 Sam Houston is bonding with his mom, Bluebell, and half-sibling Lady Bird through ...