Science news articles about 'zoo'

Edinburgh Zoo enters into negotiations to bring a pair of giant pandas from China to Scotland.

Calgary Zoo officials were in shock Monday after the sudden deaths of nearly all of the zoo's stingrays over the weekend.

A female orangutan from Florida and a male orangutan from Los Angeles both escaped from their zoo enclosures over the weekend.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Five rare tiger cubs have been born at the Saint Louis Zoo....

Edinburgh Zoo owners send emergency aid to a Chinese panda sanctuary devastated by the recent earthquake.

A bloodsucking insect is being used to collect blood samples from animals at zoos under a pilot project, London Zoo says.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are learning more about how zoo animals feel and how a toy or a little training can sometimes help cut the endless pacing and other repetitive behaviors that are often ...

An Australian zoo on Friday said it had artificially fertilised a rhinoceros egg in a breakthrough that could be used in the future to ensure the critically endangered animal's survival.

... some 30 years that rhea chicks have hatched at the Zoo. "The birth of these chicks comes at a time when the number ... facial structure, and grow to an impressive size. The Zoo's male rhea stands 5 feet ...

The sloth, the slowest-moving mammal in the world, is one of the weirder zoo animals to be recently raised by humans.

... is the seventh most genetically valuable horse in the North American breeding program. Zoo scientists were confident that if they could successfully reverse the vasectomy, Minnesota would be able to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Zoo has welcomed two new rare tigers....

... false pregnancy, which is common in giant pandas. Zoo scientists artificially inseminated Mei Xiang ... she was pregnant. This is the sixth year the National Zoo has tried to breed the giant pandas; Mei ...

After six years and $62 million, the Bronx Zoo has been completely refashioned into a prime example of the contemporary zoo’s altered vision.

The Golden Years have arrived at the nation's zoos and aquariums, taking veterinarians and keepers, along with their animals, into a zone of unknowns.