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Woolly mammoths, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats were a fact of life for early humans. New clues in Earth’s northernmost ...

Bao Li and Qing Bao were all smiles today as they sat in Friday's snowfall at the National Zoo. (Smithsonian National Zoo) TOPICS: WASHINGTON (7News) — Bao Li and Qing Bao were all smiles today ...

A 314-pound baby elephant is the newest addition to the Houston zoo. According to the zoo, Kirby was born on Friday afternoon, November 15. Her 34-year-old mother, Shanti, was in labor for 19 ...

The baby Asian elephant ... according to the zoo. Photo by Houston Zoo Asian elephants are found in areas of India and Southeastern Asia, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

National Zoo The giant panda is arguably the (adorable) face of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), so people were understandably dismayed when Tian Tian ...

An Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo finally gave birth to her baby on Friday after 19 hours of labor. The elephant Shanti, 34, gave birth to a 314-pound female baby named Kirby at 3 p.m ...

The Toronto Zoo would like to introduce Poppy the red panda cub. The cub had been nicknamed Biggie, but 6,500 votes from the Zoo community officially picked the name Poppy. “Poppy was selected ...

A newborn gorilla at Zoo Atlanta has died, officials announced on Monday. Zoo Atlanta said that the female baby gorilla, who was born on Nov. 13 to mother Kambera, was found dead on Monday morning.

The Lincoln Children’s Zoo is looking for festive names for their red panda triplets ahead of the holiday season. The two male and one female red panda cubs were born Aug. 10 to third-time mom ...