Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Captive chimpanzees are one of the most popular species kept in zoos because of their charismatic appeal and similarity to humans.

Moo Deng, the baby hippo who captivated the world this year, now has a billionaire benefactor. Canadian cryptocurrency mogul Vitalik Buterin donated more than $290,000 to her zoo in Thailand so he ...

A new enclosure for the gorillas at Jersey Zoo - called "one of the best gorilla houses in the world" by the animals' keeper ...

A man has been arrested after he was caught climbing into an enclosure of Moo Deng, the adorable pygmy hippo who became a social media sensation, zoo officials said. The Thai man allegedly entered the ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. — Niabi Zoo is one step closer to fully funding repairs to its exhibits. It's been almost a year since Niabi Zoo saw unprecedented damage to its enclosures. Snowstorms in January ...

A western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo damaged a tempered glass window pane in its enclosure on Saturday, shattering one of three layers of the panel, a zoo spokesperson said. A video shared ...

A new state-of-the-art gorilla house has been opened by the Princess Royal. Jersey Zoo said Princess Anne had been patron of ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. — It's a sight officials at Niabi Zoo never dreamed they would find. Early January snowstorms dumped about 25 inches of wet, heavy snow onto the Quad Cities in just a few days. All ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WLS) -- Officials said a 9-month-old bobcat escaped from her enclosure at Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City Wednesday. The bobcat, who is named Grace, is roughly the size of a ...