A wild snow leopard found injured and unable to see has had its vision restored after Chinese veterinarians removed a cataract in what they say is a world-first surgical procedure.
Zimbabwe's Environment Minister has defended the country's practice of capturing juvenile elephants and selling them to zoos and theme parks, following a CNN report into the exports of the animals to China.
The cellphone footage reveals rows of steel cells stretching along a concrete floor. Behind each set of bars, a juvenile African elephant, their tusks just barely showing. One elephant presses its head into the corner of its prison-like confinement.
The wildfires torching southern Australia have wiped out much of the koala population, stoking fears that the national icon is getting closer to extinction.
The circle of life revealed itself Saturday at the Cincinnati zoo.
The Cincinnati Zoo lost one of their special animal friends Sunday.
A monkey that zookeepers think was hurt trying to protect his son during a suspected break-in has died.
A 19-year-old man was sentenced to three months in federal prison for breaking into a California zoo and stealing an endangered Lemur.
Fifty-five paintings by a chimpanzee -- whose works have been acquired by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and the Duke of Edinburgh -- will go on sale at a London
Pigs aren't heralded for their intelligence, but swine are smarter than they seem. They're test subjects in studies that lead to life-saving discoveries. They're reliable and beloved therapy animals. Thirty to 50 of them took Twitter by storm earlier this year in an early bid for the year's best meme.
