A former zoo owner, Frank Thompson, brought Connie to the U.S. with seven other elephant babies who were orphaned in Zimbabwe ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is advertised as "the #1 Zoo in the Nation" and it's less than 2 hours from Sioux City! Does it live up to the hype? As someone who grew up in San Diego and regularly ...

Omaha's zoo brought us many memorable moments in 2023, including a pair of elephant calves, plans for a renovated orangutan exhibit, a hopeful and "resilient" giraffe calf and more.

On Nov. 21, a 7-year-old male impala living in the elephant enclosure near the zoo’s lagoon jumped over electrified hot wire and nonelectrified cables at the edge of the exhibit. The animal ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is mourning the loss of one of its stalwarts. Stewey, a 20-year-old female siamang and a staple of the Hubbard Orangutan Forest, has died ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium announced Wednesday that its oldest giraffe has died. Dottie, a female giraffe, died May 31 and according to the release, she was 22 ...

The riverfront remake of late is part of Omaha’s new confidence, but there’s something else: A refocus and rediscovery is taking place in some of Omaha’s downtown and close-in neighborhoods ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one of its pelicans died from the bird flu.

Perhaps most importantly, the Lied Jungle created a map the zoo could follow to make Simmons’ napkin-scribbled dreams become reality. The jungle exhibit turns 25 years old on Tuesday.

Workers at a zoo found metal objects in the stomach of 36-year-old resident Thibodaux, a leucitic American alligator, during a routine exam.

When your penmates have eaten all your snacks, what's a guy to do? Workers at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium found 13-year-old Jontu, an Indian one-horned rhino, chowing down just behind his barn.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one of its pelicans died from the bird flu.