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News about zoos, aquariums, and conservation organizations from all over the world.

Africa & Middle East

Twenty-Two Collars, and a Flight Back to Niassa

Mr Zoo News

An aerial view looking down on a sedated elephant suspended head down from a blue crane arm above a white flatbed truck, with about fifteen rangers and staff standing around the vehicle on bare red soil in dry thorn scrub.

Africa & Middle East

The Arrowhead Was Lodged in the Bull’s Eye Socket

October 5, 2026

Two black howler monkeys sit side by side on a thick horizontal branch, the one on the left with solid black fur leaning forward over the branch, the one on the right with shaggy golden-tan fur resting on folded limbs, with green leaves overhead and out-of-focus foliage behind them.

Events

Phoenix Zoo Spent a Month on Latin America

A young child in a black costume with white gloves stands on a red carpet between two costumed characters in long gowns, one blue and white and one pink, in front of a painted storybook castle backdrop, while an adult in an orange shirt photographs them with a phone beside a Boo at the Zoo character meet and greet sign.

Events

Nashville Zoo Keeps the Tigers Out Until 8:30

A young girl in a floral top hangs by both hands from red overhead climbing bars, grinning upward, while a bearded man in sunglasses holds her from behind. A graphic panel beside them reads CLIMB LIKE A GRAPEVINE above a photograph of vines.

Events

A Plant Maze Opens at the Virginia Aquarium

The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center opens Mission Botanica on Saturday, October ...

An Asian elephant with short tusks walks across a bare earth yard beside a pool and rockwork, in front of a large two-story timber pavilion with steep shingled gables and orange and teal paintwork, where about twenty visitors watch from a shaded deck.

Conservation Projects

Cincinnati’s Elephant Trek Wins AZA’s Top Exhibit Award

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has won Top Honors in the Association ...

Ten hikers in trail running kit stand together on wet rock holding a white flag with a red paw print reading Endangered Wildlife Trust, with a snow covered Drakensberg escarpment rising out of thick cloud behind them.

Africa & Middle East

Snow on Rhino Peak, and R1.2 Million Raised

Thirty people gathered at a hotel in the Underberg in September, in cold, ...

Five members of a veterinary team stand on a forest track in front of a black painted sign reading la clinique veterinaire, with dense green rainforest behind them.

Africa & Middle East

Cameroon’s Apes Wait Days for a Blood Test

When a gorilla at the Mefou sanctuary outside Yaounde falls ill, Ape Action ...

A felled tree trunk lying across a muddy forest track with long strips of bark torn away, the pale wood beneath exposed, and two researchers in the green undergrowth behind it.

Africa & Middle East

What Mount Elgon’s Elephants Eat When They Are Sick

Eight people from the Sabaot community around Mount Elgon, in western Kenya, have ...

Hundreds of carved pumpkins, each with a different face, set in rows across a long grass-covered bank beside a walkway, curving away into the distance under a blue sky.

Events

4,200 Carved Pumpkins, and a Living Wall Set to Music

The Jack O’Lantern Extravaganza returns to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium from October ...

Europe

Nobody Knows How to Measure a Fish’s Welfare

There are almost no scientifically grounded welfare criteria for fish. Two of the ...

An award certificate printed with a row of animal photographs along the top, reading 2026 Marketing Excellence Award, Top Honors, given to Dino Park Zoo, Blank Park Zoo, with a gold Association of Zoos and Aquariums seal and the signature of Dan Ashe.

Conservation Projects

The Zoo That Renamed Itself for Dinosaurs Won an Award

For one summer, Blank Park Zoo stopped being Blank Park Zoo. It rebranded ...

A capybara pup, small and reddish-brown, stands on bare ground beside tall green leaves, with the head and shoulders of its much larger mother behind it.

North America

Iyari the Capybara Has a Second Pup

Iyari, the Palm Beach Zoo’s capybara, has given birth to a single pup. ...

A curving paved path runs through the Wild Utah habitat between timber fencing and young trees, with a tall mesh aviary on the right and dry foothills rising behind.

Conservation Projects

Three Acres of Utah Wins a National Exhibit Award

Utah’s Hogle Zoo has won a Significant Achievement Exhibit Award from the Association ...

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Zoo News

Twenty-Two Collars, and a Flight Back to Niassa

The Arrowhead Was Lodged in the Bull’s Eye Socket

Phoenix Zoo Spent a Month on Latin America

Nashville Zoo Keeps the Tigers Out Until 8:30

A Plant Maze Opens at the Virginia Aquarium

Cincinnati’s Elephant Trek Wins AZA’s Top Exhibit Award

Snow on Rhino Peak, and R1.2 Million Raised

Cameroon’s Apes Wait Days for a Blood Test

What Mount Elgon’s Elephants Eat When They Are Sick

4,200 Carved Pumpkins, and a Living Wall Set to Music

Nobody Knows How to Measure a Fish’s Welfare

The Zoo That Renamed Itself for Dinosaurs Won an Award

Iyari the Capybara Has a Second Pup

Three Acres of Utah Wins a National Exhibit Award

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Tiny Forests Sprout Across Bermuda: The BZS Micro Forest Project Takes Root

Rare Desert Cat Kittens Born at The Living Desert

Nile Hippo Calf Born at the Gulf Breeze Zoo

Posts List

A Booby Colony Goes From 15 Nests to 213 in Two Seasons

Boo at the Zoo Returns to the Bronx September 26

İzmir Rebuilt a Jungle Cat’s Leg, Then Let It Go

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