Lions, tigers, and bears may be a key draw for America's favorite zoo, but there's also a hidden mystery item rumored to be over 2000 years old.

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Frederick the corpse flower, a rare, stinky plant at the Como Zoo Conservatory, has started to bloom. That means you now have ...

Zoo staffers and visitors have been waiting for days to see the flower and smell the stench that comes when Frederick the ...

Visitors will have the chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at Como Park ...

One of the rare, stinky corpse flowers at the Como Zoo Conservatory is blooming. The flower only blooms once every two to ...

Como representatives say this plant is the sibling of the conservatory's other corpse flower, "Horace," which last unleashed ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — After expanding the bald eagle habitat at the Cape May County Zoo, officials announced Thursday the exhibit is reopening.

One of the most popular birds at the Philadelphia Zoo has a new home. Flamingo Cove, an outdoor walkthrough aviary, is now open next to McNeil Avian Center. The new spot honors the zoo’s history ...

The St. Louis Zoo welcomed a litter of 5 tiny cheetah cubs, a milestone for the vulnerable species. The quintuplets are behind the scenes and bonding with mom. Five cheetah cubs born at Missouri zoo.

CHICAGO — A bottlenose dolphin safely delivered a calf early Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, a “momentous occasion” that marks the first dolphin birth in more than a decade ...

Any trip to Philadelphia Zoo must include a visit to see Mommy, the Galapagos tortoise who gained global attention when she became a first-time mom at the estimated ripe old age of 97.