This list of stories includes major updates at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, such the births of a sea lion pup and baby meerkats. The Tropical Reef Aquarium reopened last year after a ...

Ume, a tapir at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, is set to be relocated to another accredited zoo in the Midwest in ...

Kinkajous are exotic animals native to the tropical rainforests of South and Central America. But this weekend, one such “honey bear” was captured at a Yakima rest stop and transported to its ...

The zoo has closed some pathways near the zoo’s Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater out of an abundance of caution, spokesperson ...

TACOMA, Wash. — After nearly 20 years, a rare agave plant is in full bloom at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The zoo said a mature Agave parryi var. truncata in the Desert Garden is in full ...

Sisters Astra and Laerke were born on Nov. 17, 2020, to mother Suka and father Nuka. Just two days after her birth, however, Laerke suffered a medical emergency – separating her from her sister and ...

The Point Defiance Zoo says one of its clouded leopards, named Orchid, climbed a tree after a Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater show and refused to come down.

Clouded leopards, such as the one that escaped its keepers Friday morning at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, are not ...

TACOMA, Wash. — The newest resident at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma has arrived. Charlotte the muskox gave birth to a healthy female calf on Thursday morning, Sept. 7, according to the ...

Twin polar bear cubs born more than two years ago at the Detroit Zoo are now calling Tacoma home. The cubs, Astra and Laerke (pronounced LAIR-keh), arrived at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium on ...