For weeks, the story of Punch the monkey has tugged at heartstrings around the world. Videos of this lonely baby monkey at Japan's Ichikawa Zoo have triggered global outpourings of empathy, grief and ...

Punch the monkey can't catch a break. Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, went viral earlier in the week for dragging a stuffed orangutan around his enclosure. The baby monkey was ...

A 3-month-old giraffe calf at the Detroit Zoo has died from severe injuries. The calf, named Okidi, ran into a viewing panel in her indoor habitat. Veterinarians determined the vertebral injury was ...

Punch-kun the monkey has won over visitors with his adorable toy companion Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest. She joins having ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A female sloth bear who had just turned 1 in December has died, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced Monday. The young bear named Suhani reportedly died while undergoing a medical ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo shared on social media the passing of one of its sloth bears Monday. According to a social media post, the female sloth bear, Suhani, was born at ...

LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ (AZFamily) — Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park is welcoming an endangered baby pygmy hippopotamus to the West Valley. The 2-week-old hippo, which has not yet been named, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There is a baby boom for giraffes at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium! Makali, a Masai giraffe at the KCZoo, gave birth to a 6-foot-tall baby girl giraffe, named Nora, on Feb. 7. This ...

There’s nothing cuter than a baby, especially the four-legged kind. The latest birth that has us excited is the newest addition to the Smithsonian Zoo: a baby elephant. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

CLEVELAND — This is where construction meets conservation. The new Primate Forest at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is just months away from opening this summer. And for this sneak peek, we’re getting a ...

Fort Wayne Zoo has welcomed a baby Sumatran orangutan, it announced Wednesday. Raya was born Jan. 11 to mother Tara, 30, and father Tengku, 39, a news release said. “Her name derives from the ...