Zoo

Even after his passing: The zoo director's dream becomes reality

A new adventure park opened at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo in memory of late CEO Shay Doron, fulfilling his decades-long vision with jungle-themed challenge structures for children of all ages.

Adventure Park at the Biblical Zoo.
 A lion roars inside its enclosure at a zoo in Peshawar, Pakistan December 13, 2021.

Teenager with dreams of becoming lion tamer mauled to death by big cats after entering enclosure

Lee Harten, a PhD candidate of Tel Aviv University School of Zoology, holds an Egyptian fruit-bat during an interview with Reuters at a laboratory in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel May 27, 2019

How Egyptian fruit bats seasonally adapt behavior to compete with rats - study

A tiger at Aalborg Zoo.

Zoo in Denmark asks public for unwanted pets to feed its carnivores


Jerusalem Zoo attempts damage control after kids see a lion eat a bunny

The zoo explained that the lions are usually fed dead animals behind closed doors but that, in this case, the lion dragged its food out into public view. * Warning: Graphic Video *

YASHA THE lioness is seen with her six-week-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in on May 6

Nine San Diego apes become first non-human primates vaccinated for COVID

Each of the nine animals received two doses of an experimental vaccine originally designed for dogs and cats, with the apes exhibiting no adverse reactions, and are all doing well.

Northern brown howler monkey

Autopsies found in dead tiger cubs conclude they may have died of COVID

Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in a Pakistani zoo last month appear to have died of COVID-19, officials said.

Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo, that the zoo said on April 5, 2020 has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in an undated handout photo provided by the Bronx zoo in New York

Female polar bear killed by male bear at Detroit Zoo

“This was completely unexpected and the Detroit Zoo staff is devastated by the loss of Anana in this sudden and tragic event.”

Polar bear eats watermelon

Daughter of couple who hid Jews at Warsaw Zoo dies

Zabinska-Zawadzki’s older brother, Ryszard Zabinski, died in 2019.

An Orthodox Jew walks through the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw April 15, 2013. The 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising will be commemorated on April 19, 2013. Picture taken April 15, 2013.

Gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park diagnosed with COVID-19

Three among the band of critically endangered western lowland gorillas at the sprawling wildlife park have shown symptoms of the respiratory virus.

Gorillas sit after two of their troop tested positive for COVID-19 after falling ill at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Russian bear, tigers predict Biden will win US elections

The predictive prowess of the Royev Rochey Zoo inhabitants made headlines in 2016 when one of its residents, a polar bear named Felix, predicted Trump's victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

Brown bear 747 stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US, September 20, 2020.

New virus found only in Israeli bat with unknown human infection potential

The findings are significant as bats are reservoirs for emerging viruses, and have been attributed to virus outbreaks such as SARS, MERS and many more.

ONE OF THE Tel Aviv University researchers holds an Egyptian fruit bat last year.

Warsaw zoo will administrate CBD to its elephants to reduce their stress

The lucky elephants chosen to take part in the first-of-its-kind pilot, are three African elephants that will be administrated with the liquid doses of CBD extract through their trunks.

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'Tiger King' zoo closing down, owner blames animal rights 'loons

"As of today, we have decided to close the old zoo effective immediately."

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