Thunderous applause often greets the playful antics of a baby gorilla or the majestic march of an elephant at the zoo. But ...

At these fun parks, your kids (and their parents) are encouraged to get up close and personal with the natives. Which petting ...

Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible ...

The interactive experience features cobra feedings, tortoise encounters, and behind-the-scenes access to the 6,500-square-foot Reptile Wing.

That makes him the “World’s Most Popular Penguin ... “Oh, he’s going to win,” Lauren Ridenour, an animal care specialist at John Ball Zoo, said at the time.

These are some of the distressing scenes confronting tourists at Beijing Zoo, where concerns are mounting ... that breeds rare animals from across the world. But what Edina witnessed there left ...