In recent decades, zoos across the United States have expanded their roles from mere wildlife exhibitors to essential conservation havens with a mission to prevent extinction. Through ingenious ...

Bighorn sheep. Elk, deer and pronghorn. Fort Bearizona, the walk-through part of the park, is similar to a traditional zoo and has foxes, porcupines, badgers, raccoons, jaguars and other animals.

By Cole Gee | Staff Writer Last August, Cameron Park Zoo got a lot colder as a storm of South African penguins swept into a new $12.8 million habitat. The 11 pairs of penguins have been one of the zoo ...

Credit: Courtesy Texas Parks and Wildlife Now’s the time to visit Davis Mountains State Park, nestled in the foothills of the Davis Mountains in Far West Texas. Visitors can camp, hike, look for birds ...

Just before that transfer, Fort Worth zookeepers identified his melanoma. They arranged for Rodriguez to provide Mauri’s care after he identified the experimental new chemotherapy as a possible ...

If you’ve ever wondered if wild animals have personalities, be assured that they do. Having spent many hours observing and photographing them, here are just a few of my favorites from the Fort Worth ...

"It's incredibly gratifying that this community would support this type of investment in its zoo," Cameron Park Zoo director Brendan Wiley said. Check out photos/video of the penguins here.

In South Carolina back in 2017, the zoo was packed with visitors, giving the animals more to mimic. They recorded more anxious behaviors then, the professor recalled. Fort Worth was a little more ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is thrilled to introduce our newest adventure, Predators of Asia & Africa! Opened to the public on June 22, 2023, the third phase of A Wilder Vision highlights some of the most ...

She’s ape-solutely adorable. The Fort Worth Zoo celebrated the historic birth of a baby gorilla last month — made even more emotional after the endangered newborn and mother survived an ...

A group of parrots at a British zoo got so swear-happy that officials had to hatch a plan. In 2020, five African gray parrots at Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre made headlines for their potty mouths.

A baby lion was born in October, the Fort Worth Zoo announced in a Facebook post on Jan. 11, 2024. The cub, named Moja, is the first to be born at the Texas zoo since 2015.