WTOP’s Matt Kaufax talks with animal keeper Charlie Shaw, who cares for big cats at the National Zoo, about the vital conservation efforts underway to protect endangered tiger species.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia locals now have the chance to get up close and personal with some of the Riverbanks Zoo’s tallest residents — giraffes including Bruce and Tahini.

The Kangaroo Walkabout at the Brevard Zoo invites guests to come and hand feed the animals. Feeding happens every morning at 10 a.m. where guests can purchase food for the kangaroos.

A New York zoo is hand-feeding a baby vulture with a realistic bird puppet to ensure it survives to maturity.

A New York zoo is hand-feeding a baby vulture with a realistic bird puppet to ensure it survives to maturity.

The zoo’s director of animal care and conservation, Robert Jenkins, could not explain how Tatiana escaped. The tiger’s enclosure is surrounded by a 15-foot-wide moat and 20-foot-high walls ...

Hogle Zoo’s Kawan, a Bornean orangutan, is expecting a baby in June.Zookeepers said animal care and health teams have been monitoring Kawan’s pregnancy, which i ...

FILE PHOTO - A Chinese pangolin is seen at its enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Euronews. Brookfield Zoo’s pangolin at centre of new wildlife documentary.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Police are reportedly investigating whether one or more of the young men mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo may have taunted the animal Tiger that mauled 3 at S.F. zoo ...

CHESTERFIELD -- A white Bengal tiger at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been attacked and killed by another of the tigers in its enclosure at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

For Valmik Thapar, the tiger was never just a symbol of wild India. It was a living, breathing force—majestic, imperiled, and, to him, essential. His death on May 31, 2025 in New Delhi, from ...