Every year in Japan, animals escape from zoos in a planned exercise. Except they aren't really animals, they're humans in animal costumes. And they aren't really escaping, they're part of an annual drill to train staff on what to do when a real animal does. While funny to watch, escaped animals are no joke in ...
Good news everyone: The jaguar who attacked a woman taking a selfie will live. The woman reportedly crossed over a barrier near the jaguar enclosure at the Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona on Saturday to take a photo with the cats when one reached... ...
Fighting extinction is a daunting and demanding task, but it does come with some quirky perks for the scientists willing to tackle it — like the opportunity to sort through thousands of packages of glitzy, glittery polar bear ****. Resear... ...
If you can't find love on Valentine's Day, you might as well have revenge. Texas' El Paso Zoo can now fill that primitive need. Beginning Feb. 11, people can send the first name and last initial of their ex-partner to the zoo through its Facebook pag... ...
At a zoo, a dicey attempt at tiger matchmaking went awry. The ZSL London Zoo said Friday that a new male Sumatran tiger, Asim, killed the facility's "beloved" female, Melati. Zookeepers allowed the two wary predators to physically interact for ... ...
Queen of the internet, Fiona the Hippo, just turned two. And as if that fact alone didn't warrant an article, another internet famous hippo just sent Fiona a pretty sweet birthday song. Fiona, who lives and reigns in Cincinnati Zoo, got a speci... ...
This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. If you don't live on the East Coast, then you avoided a pretty powerful snowstorm on Thursday that caused major headaches for commuter... ...
There's always something slightly sinister and ghostly about X-ray images, showing the white bones and dark shadows within us. But this set of animal X-rays from the Oregon Zoo in Portland are taking ghostly to a new level. SEE ALSO: 10 animals... ...
When was the last time your eyeballs feasted on something that wasn't a part of the dumpster fire we call a news cycle? It's been a while for me and I'm betting the same can be said for you too. Here: get a load of this greater one-horned rhino calf... ...
Cheetahs in captivity still want to run and chase things, so the caretakers at Oregon Zoo made a custom-built a catapult that launches ***** from one end of the cheetah habitat to the other. The cheetahs get a treat when they fetch a ball. (more&hel... ...