From the mid-1950s to the late 1980s, new facilities and exhibitions are opened at the National Zoological Park: the Great Flight Cage, the Giant Panda House, the General Services Building, the Great ...

The National Zoo male ape got out of the Great Ape House yesterday morning. Zoo spokesman Robert Hoage said keepers were "astonished" when Junior climbed out on one of the 40-foot towers ...

Zoo teams transformed the yards outside the Bird House into a thriving, wildflower-filled garden that attracts birds and ...

Upon completion in 1979, the gorillas were led out of their concrete Ape House and into their open grassy, tree- and foliage-filled habitat.

Due to habitat destruction, hunting, and disease, the great ape’s populations have fallen by at least 70 percent, from about a million in 1900 to between 172,000 and 300,000 today.

Video from the Brookfield Zoo’s Western Lowland Gorilla Pit showed a then-8-year-old gorilla named Binti Jua making her way to the unconscious tot. Onlookers feared the worst, wondering what the ...

Home of Porsche and Mercedes Benx, admiring stunning views, visiting car museums and drinking beer are some of the things to ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - June is National Zoo Appreciation Month. When most people think of the zoo, they picture the animals; the roars, the chirps, the rustling in the trees.

A 1-year-old flamingo has charmed her way into daily staff meetings with her keepers at the National Zoo in D.C.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s newest addition takes people to faraway rainforests while bringing them inches away from exciting wildlife.