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Zoo News

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

Conservation Projects

The Aquarium That Helped Pass a Horseshoe Crab Law

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk has won Top Honors in the 2026 Advocacy ...

A newborn black-and-white colobus monkey with a pure white coat and a pink face looks toward the camera while held against the dense black fur of its mother.

North America

Lincoln Park’s New Colobus Is Born Pure White

A black-and-white colobus monkey was born at Lincoln Park Zoo in the early ...

A small gray-green eyelash viper, heavily speckled, coiled around a thin bare branch inside a glass-fronted enclosure, with pale driftwood and dark foliage behind it.

Conservation Projects

Five Eyelash Vipers and a First for Houston Zoo

The Houston Zoo has announced a run of reptile births and hatchings this ...

An armadillo girdled lizard curled into a tight ring on lichen-covered rock, gripping its own spined tail in its jaws, the yellow and black markings of its throat visible and every scale raised into a point.

Africa & Middle East

Two Armored Lizards and a Pet Trade Problem

Threatened by a predator, an armadillo girdled lizard curls into a ring and ...

A young child in a white T-shirt leans over a large open picture book on a table, an adult program leader crouched beside them, with other families reading on the floor of the room behind.

Events

Read Five Books, Get Into the National Aquarium Free

Read five books, get into the National Aquarium free. That has been the ...

Three African wild dogs walk toward the camera across short green grass and bare red earth, ears up and heads low, with more of the pack blurred behind them among thorn scrub.

Africa & Middle East

Wild Dogs Came Back to Northern Tsavo

Twenty-five years ago, seeing a single African wild dog in northern Tsavo was ...

Two people in wetsuits, dive masks and snorkels stand chest deep in open water beside a white frame marker, both looking down at a handful of green seagrass shoots one of them is holding up out of the water.

Conservation Projects

Two National Awards for Brevard Zoo’s Work in the Lagoon

The East Coast Zoological Foundation, the organization behind Brevard Zoo, took two national ...

A young mountain gorilla sits upright in dense green undergrowth looking directly at the camera, with two other gorillas resting among the leaves behind and beside her.

Africa & Middle East

An Eight-Year-Old Gorilla Walked to a New Family

On July 15 the researchers and trackers who walk out to Rwanda’s mountain ...

An adult male cheetah walks left to right across short dry grassland in low sunlight, head turned toward the camera, with blurred pale grass and scattered scrub behind him.

Africa & Middle East

A Cheetah Paternity Test in a Namibian Lab

In August 2025 a male cheetah began appearing on camera traps on part ...

Illustrated promotional graphic for OktoBEARfest showing a brown bear standing upright holding hop vines, with a banner reading Saturday Afternoon October 17th and a stein of beer.

Events

Maryland Zoo Fills October With Zoo BOO and OktoBEARfest

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has built its October around two tracks that ...

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