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Apr 1, 2013 12:40 PM ET // Paul Heltzel
An unusual private preserve in Connecticut is now home to a Rothschild giraffe. ->
May 3, 2012 03:11 PM ET // Erik Trinidad
You can take a lion from the wild, but you can't take the wild out of a lion. The latest evidence of this adage was seen at the Portland Zoo (Oregon), where Kya, one of the resident lionesses, tried to attack and maim a human baby boy -- only to be inhibited by a transparent [...]
May 18, 2010 11:13 AM ET // Jennifer Viegas
An eland at California's Oakland Zoo recently gave birth, at first surprising zookeepers there. The mother has lived exclusively with females since November.
Sep 20, 2010 03:11 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
A construction crew has just unearthed a 3-million-year-old whale underneath the San Diego Zoo.
Nov 10, 2009 05:14 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Imagine trying to monitor the blood pressure of a 300-pound gorilla. A new device, described in the following release from Georgia Institute of Technology Research News, makes that job a lot easier: Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood ...
Sep 23, 2011 08:50 AM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Fish can turn mean when their home is barren and boring, says new research.
Nov 12, 2012 08:06 PM ET // Trace Dominguez
This baboon meets a stray kitten and they become fast friends.
Oct 11, 2012 11:32 AM ET // Trace Dominguez
These baby walrus cannot be alone, and after this video you will want to cuddle them too.
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