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A small restored steam locomotive with an orange buffer beam stands under steam in the open doorway of a timber engine shed at Pairi Daiza, a Belgian flag mounted beside its headlamp, with a member of staff in a blue railway uniform and cap standing on either side of it.

Europe

A 126-Year-Old Steam Engine Runs Again at Pairi Daiza

A satellite map of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans with two plotted tracks: a green line running from the southern Cape far up the Atlantic toward West Africa, and an orange line looping east from the Cape across the southwestern Indian Ocean.

Africa & Middle East

Two Turtles, 19,000 Kilometers, One Mystery Route

A young gorilla with dense black fur and reddish-brown eyes looks slightly away from the camera, framed by broad green leaves and a pale plant stem in dappled forest light.

Africa & Middle East

445 Square Kilometers of Congolese Forest, Legally Theirs

A small restored steam locomotive with an orange buffer beam stands under steam in the open doorway of a timber engine shed at Pairi Daiza, a Belgian flag mounted beside its headlamp, with a member of staff in a blue railway uniform and cap standing on either side of it.

Europe September 29, 2026

A 126-Year-Old Steam Engine Runs Again at Pairi Daiza

A steam locomotive built in Belgium in 1900, shipped to a Spanish coal mine, worked there for ...

A satellite map of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans with two plotted tracks: a green line running from the southern Cape far up the Atlantic toward West Africa, and an orange line looping east from the Cape across the southwestern Indian Ocean.

Africa & Middle East September 29, 2026

Two Turtles, 19,000 Kilometers, One Mystery Route

Two sea turtles rehabilitated and released by the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre in Cape ...

A young gorilla with dense black fur and reddish-brown eyes looks slightly away from the camera, framed by broad green leaves and a pale plant stem in dappled forest light.

Africa & Middle East September 29, 2026

445 Square Kilometers of Congolese Forest, Legally Theirs

On World Gorilla Day, September 24, 2026, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund announced that the Democratic Republic ...

About a dozen Kenya Wildlife Service rangers in green overalls brace against a blindfolded rhino in dry leaf-littered bush, guiding it forward with a thick rope while an armed ranger watches from the right.

Africa & Middle East September 29, 2026

Kenya’s Rhino Sanctuary Outgrew Itself

A flock of pink flamingos stands on a sand bank at the edge of a green pond at Tierpark Hagenbeck, with a low planted island in the water in front of them, artificial rock outcrops and clipped hedges behind, and zebras visible in the distance.

Europe September 29, 2026

Hagenbeck Rebuilds Its Flamingo Pond Around a Filter

A man in a cap and aviation headset sits in the front of a helicopter over dry bushveld, holding a Cape Vulture upright against his chest with one hand around its neck, the bird's pale hooked bill and dark eye turned toward the window.

Africa & Middle East September 29, 2026

Sixteen Vultures Went Back to Their Nests

Zoo Babies

A newborn Masai giraffe calf stands facing the camera inside a barn, her head and long neck filling the frame, with wooden stall walls behind.

North America September 16, 2026

Brevard Zoo’s First Giraffe Calf in Six Years

Brevard Zoo has its first giraffe calf in six years. A female Masai giraffe weighing 119 pounds ...

A lappet-faced vulture at a captive breeding facility

Africa & Middle East September 13, 2026

A First Chick, and the Two Zoos Thanked for It

A lappet-faced vulture chick hatched at VulPro’s breeding facility on Heritage Day, September 24, 2025. It was ...

North & South American News

Surrendered wildlife products laid out on a tiger skin: two long elephant tusks, a carved ivory mirror frame on a dark carved wooden stand, scrimshaw whale teeth engraved with sailing ships and mounted on wooden bases, a carved ivory vase, and a California Department of Fish and Wildlife poster headed Ivory Identification.

Conservation Projects

What California Does With the Ivory People Hand Over

Conservation Projects

223 Endangered Frogs Went Back to the San Jacinto Mountains

A FedEx Boeing 777 with a giant panda painted across its nose stands on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport under a clear blue sky, with a white shipping crate marked FedEx and Zoo Atlanta loaded on a wheeled dolly in front of the aircraft and a ground handler driving the tug that is towing it.

Conservation Projects

Pandas Land in Atlanta: Meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang

Events

How Do You Tell Six Sea Otters Apart?

European News

A small restored steam locomotive with an orange buffer beam stands under steam in the open doorway of a timber engine shed at Pairi Daiza, a Belgian flag mounted beside its headlamp, with a member of staff in a blue railway uniform and cap standing on either side of it.

Europe

A 126-Year-Old Steam Engine Runs Again at Pairi Daiza

A flock of pink flamingos stands on a sand bank at the edge of a green pond at Tierpark Hagenbeck, with a low planted island in the water in front of them, artificial rock outcrops and clipped hedges behind, and zebras visible in the distance.

Europe

Hagenbeck Rebuilds Its Flamingo Pond Around a Filter

Promotional key art for Halloween at Kolmarden: a performer in a red and black harlequin costume hangs upside down from an aerial rig against a dark purple night sky lit with orange sparks, with the words Halloween pa Kolmarden set across the center in orange and white lettering.

Europe

Kolmarden Adds a New Halloween Season, and Then HalloXmas

A young white-tailed sea eagle perches on a weathered log against blurred green foliage, its plumage dark brown mottled with tan, its heavy hooked bill pale at the base, looking to the right of frame.

Conservation Projects

Fota’s First Sea Eagle Chick in a Decade Has Fledged

African & Middle Eastern News

A satellite map of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans with two plotted tracks: a green line running from the southern Cape far up the Atlantic toward West Africa, and an orange line looping east from the Cape across the southwestern Indian Ocean.

Africa & Middle East

Two Turtles, 19,000 Kilometers, One Mystery Route

A young gorilla with dense black fur and reddish-brown eyes looks slightly away from the camera, framed by broad green leaves and a pale plant stem in dappled forest light.

Africa & Middle East

445 Square Kilometers of Congolese Forest, Legally Theirs

About a dozen Kenya Wildlife Service rangers in green overalls brace against a blindfolded rhino in dry leaf-littered bush, guiding it forward with a thick rope while an armed ranger watches from the right.

Africa & Middle East

Kenya’s Rhino Sanctuary Outgrew Itself

A man in a cap and aviation headset sits in the front of a helicopter over dry bushveld, holding a Cape Vulture upright against his chest with one hand around its neck, the bird's pale hooked bill and dark eye turned toward the window.

Africa & Middle East

Sixteen Vultures Went Back to Their Nests

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

Two Red-tailed Amazons perched side by side

Conservation Projects

Zoo Visitors Gave These Parrots Somewhere to Nest

Nine parrots hatched from eggs smuggled through a Rio de Janeiro airport are now living at São Paulo Zoo. Six ...

Mr Zoo News

Two ZooTampa staff treating a manatee lying on a wooden deck

Conservation Projects

The 640 Manatees You Helped Save Without Knowing

If you have ever taken your family to ZooTampa at Lowry Park, you have already ...

Mr Zoo News

Conservation Projects

New England Aquarium Follows Its Turtles to Texas

North America

Eight Rescued Big Cats Get Root Canals in Two Days

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

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle rests on wet sand with a small transmitter mounted on its shell, facing the water.

Kemp’s Ridley Turtle Pancake Returns to the Atlantic

Two people in white protective coveralls and gloves examine a box turtle together in a quarantine room.

The Bronx Zoo Has Taken In 800 Trafficked Turtles

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

An Aquarium Took In 500 Trafficked Animals Overnight

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