Reston — Over 800 hand-made lanterns have been shipped from southern China to northern Virginia for the Chinese Lantern Festival at Roer’s Zoofari, the old Reston Zoo, in Vienna.

Yes, a particularly prominent resident has derided DC as a “dirty, crime ridden death trap” where you can see “the filth and ...

Reston is a place where - as they say - people can live, play, work and serve. The Best of Reston honored those committed to community service and celebrated founder Robert Simon’s 100th ...

The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens is celebrating its 50th anniversary July 4-6 with discounted tickets — $19.75 for adults and seniors and $16.75 for children.

A groundbreaking vaccine administered to two elephants at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden appears to be effective, a major milestone in elephant conservation, according to zoo officials.

Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange will host Family Fun Movie Nights every Wednesday in July, offering visitors the chance to enjoy evening films in the zoo’s picnic area. Each movie will begin at 6 ...

(WJAR) — Capron Park Zoo unveiled the name of its baby sloth on Tuesday. The Attleboro zoo held a naming contest, asking the public to help them name the newly born sloth.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo is taking a prehistoric turn with a temporary name change to Dino Park Zoo, featuring 17 dinosaur animatronics that roar, move and breathe like the real thing ...

Beezler, a 32-year-old Asiatic black bear that had lived at Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain Zoo since she was a cub, was euthanized on Sunday, zoo officials said.

The zoo hopes to place the baby with female orangutan Acara, who previously fostered her brother, Tuah, in 2014. "Using positive reinforcement, established training and protected contact, the team ...

Only feed animals if the zoo explicitly allows it, and yes, only with approved food. 3. Stay on designated paths: Zoos are designed to keep both visitors and animals safe.