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The Akron Zoo has a new resident for its collection, courtesy of an observant employee at a Red Lobster restaurant.

A red panda that disappeared from its habitat at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium “is home safe and sound.”The zoo says two visitors on Thursday spotted Kora…

"We haven't seen the cats get superexcited about seeing people, but that's honestly to be expected," says Craig Saffoe, curator of the Smithsonian's National Zoo, which reopens Friday.

Staff at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium still searching for Kora, a red panda that disappeared from its habitat.The small, nocturnal mammal is about the…

Ohio's bald eagle population is making a strong comeback, according to the 2020 nest census from the Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of...

At the end of a coronavirus press conference earlier this month, Gov. Mike DeWine was grilled by a Dayton Daily News journalist.“In reporting, you always…

Columbus Zoo officials already had their pandemic plan in action when the Bronx Zoo reported a tiger tested positive for the coronavirus. Three other…

Fiona is a 3-year-old, 1,300-pound hippo, and she's a growing girl. Her keeper, Jenna Wingate, is grateful to be able to work during the coronavirus crisis: "It feels good to be needed," she says.

Animal shelters are doing what they can to take care of their populations while closing their doors to the public and limiting volunteers. Employees are...

Transformative technologies expand the ways that wild animals can be tracked and monitored, providing new hope for conservation efforts.Scientists are…