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Watch English Zookeepers Weigh a Group of Newborn Humboldt Penguins

The tiny birds barely tip the scales.

Prague Zoo Announces Plans to Make Paper From Elephant Dung

The average elephant produces up to 300 pounds of dung a day. Now, the Prague Zoo, which is home to a herd of elephants, has announced creative plans to put all that poop to good use.

Sydney's Taronga Zoo Welcomes Adorable Baby Meerkats

The pups were born on January 7, but they've only just started exploring.

Orangutans May One Day Play Video Games With Zoo Guests

Researchers at the University of Melbourne’s Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces have teamed up with Zoos Victoria to develop games for Orangutans using Microsoft’s Kinect 3D sensor (which is used in the Xbox One gaming system).

Gemina, the Giraffe With a Mysteriously Crooked Neck

She hadn't broken her neck, but it still had a major kink in it.

How the Zoological Society of London Helps People Overcome Arachnophobia

The Friendly Spider Program combines cognitive behavioral therapy, group hypnosis, and playtime with actual spiders.

Why Does the Scent of Blood Attract Carnivores?

Not only adorable, but a lean source of protein.

What 11 Popular Zoo Animals Taste Like (According to People Who Tried Them)

Have you ever visited the local zoo and found yourself wondering how a juicy hunk of boiled penguin breast might taste? Just about every creature under the sun has been sautéed, deep-fried, and/or sprinkled over a pizza at some point in human history.

11 Interactive Zoos

Plenty of zoos, aquariums, and wildlife parks have put together fun—and safe!—ways to interact with some of their finest residents in a very hands-on manner.

4 Animals That Change in Captivity

Put a wild animal in a cage, and it’s bound to act differently. Zoologists and vets have many strategies to help an animal get settled and normalize its behavior in captivity. Psychological changes can be overcome with animal enrichment programs that keep

10 Things You Should Know About Rhinos

Rhinos are amazing and massive animals that easily capture the imagination of their admirers both at zoos and in the wild. Unfortunately, they’re facing serious threats and their numbers are dwindling lower all the time. In honor of Endangered Species Day

The 9 Worst Moms in the Animal Kingdom

No matter how many mistakes your mother may have made, there’s no way she's in the same class as these animal mothers.

1906 photograph of Ota Benga, described as being taken at Bronx Zoo.

In 1906, the Bronx Zoo Put a Black Man on Display in the Primates' House

Ota Benga, a young Pygmy, spent part of September 1906 on display at what is now the Bronx Zoo. It wasn't the first time he had been exhibited as an oddity.

23 Animals Relaxing With Cool Summer Treats

All across the country, people are hot and miserable. Perhaps this collection of adorable animals cooling off with icy snacks will help.

4 Animals You Can Only Find in Zoos

People go to zoos to see the animals from exotic locales we couldn’t get to on our own. But some of these animals can’t be seen anywhere except zoos. These are the animals that are extinct in the wild, dependent on the keepers and zoo breeding programs fo