Modern zoos fill critical roles in the communities they serve. They provide a meaningful connection between people, animals and nature; they educate and inspire people to care about and have empathy ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The world's first recorded zoo was in Egypt in 3500 BC, and the first American zoo was opened in Philadelphia in 1874. Early zoos were mainly a show of power for wealthy patrons, but ...

I remember growing up and going to the zoo. The stingray exhibit was my favorite because they were one of the few animals people were allowed to touch. We would walk around for what felt like hours, ...

Zoos, including aquariums, are hot points for discussion and debate for people unyieldingly pro and con about their existence. I'm not a fan of zoos and would like to see them phased out, however, in ...

Back in 1904, the park’s early “zoo” — if you could call it that — housed a rather small but exotic line-up: one lion, a ...

The Maryland Zoo is celebrating the ancient and modern uses of the bamboo at its Wild About Bamboo Festival, the first of its kind. “The zoo has a lot of bamboo growing [on its property], and we ...

Zoos have an impossible job: They display wild animals in captive settings. Granted, the settings are becoming as natural as possible, but they still are cages of one type or another. Vicki Croke, who ...

The Columbus Zoo, which had been accredited with the body since 1980, has 30 days to appeal the decision to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums The Columbus Zoo is no longer accredited with the ...