Zoo officials said they traveled to a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in June to assess its suitability for their 57-year-old elephant named Patty following years of pressure from animal rights activists ...

Ian Bartoszek may know more about Burmese pythons than anyone who has ever walked Earth. Program director for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida's world-renowned Burmese python capture and removal ...

An endangered collared lemur gave birth to a rare set of twins at the Bronx Zoo in March — and the new family is making their debut just in time for Mother's Day. The Bronx Zoo announced its… Dick Van ...

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 ...

The Bronx Zoo is shining a light on animals that thrive in the dark. After closing in 2009, the World of Darkness exhibit reopened this past weekend, showcasing 25 species of nocturnal creatures, from ...

The Bronx Zoo has reopened its World of Darkness exhibit after a 16-year hiatus. The Bronx Zoo has reopened its World of Darkness exhibit after a 16-year hiatus. Egyptian fruit bats zip around inside ...

The Bronx Zoo is celebrating a major milestone — the hatching of a rare king vulture chick, the first in over five decades. FOX 5 NY’s Meredith Gorman shows how zookeepers are using handmade puppets ...

It's that time of the year. Zoos around the country are gearing up to help lovers "honor" exes who did them dirty this Valentine's Day. The Fort Worth Zoo in Texas for example, is holding a special ...

The cause of death for Flaco, the beloved owl, has been revealed in a necropsy. New Yorkers spotted the Central Park Zoo escapee flying high in the sky before crashing into a building in the Upper ...

Snakes can grow to colossal sizes, although some reports have long been exaggerated. The largest snakes in the world belong to the python and boa families. Which family contains the biggest depends on ...

On a Greek mountainside, the adders are courting. Two red-brown male snakes, their noses tipped with tiny horns, wave their heads at a female in sinuous attempts at seduction. Through the glass and ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — An alligator found in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday isn’t the first of its kind found in New York City. It also isn’t the only animal more often seen in a zoo spotted in the ...