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Nine people in orange and tan waders stand smiling on the deck of a boat on Long Island Sound behind a stack of encrusted lobster traps recovered from the seafloor, with a wooded shoreline behind them

Conservation Projects

4,000 Ghost Lobster Traps Out of Long Island Sound

African penguins at a breeding colony

Africa & Middle East

A Seabird Hospital Took a Minister to Court

A glowing carved sea turtle and pumpkin display lit up in an aquarium atrium

Events

Six Weeks of Pumpkins, Some of Them Underwater

Nine people in orange and tan waders stand smiling on the deck of a boat on Long Island Sound behind a stack of encrusted lobster traps recovered from the seafloor, with a wooded shoreline behind them

Conservation Projects September 9, 2026

4,000 Ghost Lobster Traps Out of Long Island Sound

A coalition that includes The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk has pulled more than 4,000 lost and abandoned ...

African penguins at a breeding colony

Africa & Middle East September 9, 2026

A Seabird Hospital Took a Minister to Court

In March 2025 a South African court set aside a government decision on where boats may fish, ...

A glowing carved sea turtle and pumpkin display lit up in an aquarium atrium

Events September 9, 2026

Six Weeks of Pumpkins, Some of Them Underwater

Adventure Aquarium is putting pumpkins underwater again. Fintastic Pumpkin Glow runs September 18 through November 1, 2026, ...

A small European legless lizard, pale olive with fine dark banding and a visible eye and ear opening, curls over a person's closed hand

North America September 9, 2026

Buffalo Zoo Hatches a Lizard That Looks Like a Snake

A row of shallow rectangular coral raceway tanks on metal frames stands under a green shade canopy beside a low white building.

Africa & Middle East September 9, 2026

Africa’s First Coral Breeding Lab Has 65,000 New Corals

Four young gharials rest against one another on a mesh floor, their long narrow snouts lined with fine teeth and their tan bodies marked with dark bands

Conservation Projects September 9, 2026

Eight Gharials Hatch in Fort Worth, a Fourth Straight Year

Zoo Babies

A small European legless lizard, pale olive with fine dark banding and a visible eye and ear opening, curls over a person's closed hand

North America September 9, 2026

Buffalo Zoo Hatches a Lizard That Looks Like a Snake

The Buffalo Zoo hatched a European legless lizard on August 1, the first of the species to ...

Four young gharials rest against one another on a mesh floor, their long narrow snouts lined with fine teeth and their tan bodies marked with dark bands

Conservation Projects September 9, 2026

Eight Gharials Hatch in Fort Worth, a Fourth Straight Year

Eight gharials hatched at the Fort Worth Zoo this summer, between June 3 and June 26, from ...

North & South American News

Nine people in orange and tan waders stand smiling on the deck of a boat on Long Island Sound behind a stack of encrusted lobster traps recovered from the seafloor, with a wooded shoreline behind them

Conservation Projects

4,000 Ghost Lobster Traps Out of Long Island Sound

A glowing carved sea turtle and pumpkin display lit up in an aquarium atrium

Events

Six Weeks of Pumpkins, Some of Them Underwater

A small European legless lizard, pale olive with fine dark banding and a visible eye and ear opening, curls over a person's closed hand

North America

Buffalo Zoo Hatches a Lizard That Looks Like a Snake

Four young gharials rest against one another on a mesh floor, their long narrow snouts lined with fine teeth and their tan bodies marked with dark bands

Conservation Projects

Eight Gharials Hatch in Fort Worth, a Fourth Straight Year

European News

A young little owl perched on a wooden beam, looking toward the camera

Conservation Projects

From Zero Pairs to Sixteen, and Four More Owls

Stone steps lead up to a low modernist zoo building with a dark sign reading SZYMPANSY above its glass entrance, framed by trees.

Europe

Wroclaw Zoo Rebuilds Its Ape House Around the Chimps

An orange and white anemonefish hovers among the long pink tentacles of a sea anemone.

Europe

Aquarium Berlin Reopens After a Three-Year Rebuild

A slender bright green snake rests along a branch behind out-of-focus green leaves, its head turned toward the camera.

Europe

A Czech Park Now Shows Three Mamba Species Together

African & Middle Eastern News

African penguins at a breeding colony

Africa & Middle East

A Seabird Hospital Took a Minister to Court

A row of shallow rectangular coral raceway tanks on metal frames stands under a green shade canopy beside a low white building.

Africa & Middle East

Africa’s First Coral Breeding Lab Has 65,000 New Corals

African penguins standing together on a rocky shore

Africa & Middle East

Forty Zoos Are Paying for This Bird

A group of hooded vultures with pink bare heads feeds on scraps spread across wet ground beside a market building in Nigeria.

Africa & Middle East

Nigeria’s Vulture Crisis Has No Zoo Money Behind It

Asia & Australian News

A group of khulan, sandy-coloured wild asses, stand in green steppe grassland with open plains behind them.

Asia

Wild Asses Return to Eastern Mongolia After 65 Years

A Pallas's cat looks toward the camera, its wide flat face framed by long white whiskers and thick gray fur.

Asia

Groundbreaking Discovery: Pallas’s Cat Found on Mount Everest

A blue crane walks through open grassland, its long trailing wing feathers sweeping behind it.

Africa & Middle East

The Importance of Crane Conservation and Its Benefits for People and the Planet

A young pangolin curls in a keeper's gloved hands, its overlapping scales and long front claws clearly visible.

Asia

Historic Moment: Taipei-Born Pangolin Gives Birth at Prague Zoo!

Zoo Rescues

A tiger lies anesthetized on a treatment table surrounded by a dozen veterinary and dental staff in a clinic room.

North America

Eight Rescued Big Cats Get Root Canals in Two Days

Eight big cats at In-Sync Exotics went under anesthesia over two days in June for root canals and oral surgery, ...

Mr Zoo News

A polar bear swims past an underwater viewing window as a young girl presses both hands to the glass and looks up at it.

Conservation Projects

Orphaned Polar Bear Cub Arrives in Winnipeg

An orphaned polar bear cub from the Churchill area arrived at the Assiniboine Park Zoo ...

Mr Zoo News

Conservation Projects

Kemp’s Ridley Turtle Pancake Returns to the Atlantic

Conservation Projects

The Bronx Zoo Has Taken In 800 Trafficked Turtles

Three ocellaris clownfish swim in a pale, sparsely furnished quarantine tank.

Conservation Projects

An Aquarium Took In 500 Trafficked Animals Overnight

Two southern sea otters float side by side at the surface of a pool, both looking up toward the camera.

Two Rescued Sea Otters Debut at Monterey Bay

Three infant spider monkeys sit together in a small hanging fabric hammock, looking toward the camera.

Three Confiscated Spider Monkeys Arrive in Nashville

A young Florida panther walks toward the camera across a pale concrete floor, ears forward and mouth slightly open.

Rescued Panther Kitten Peppercorn Finds a Home

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