C’sar, the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec. 19 at the North Carolina Zoo. C'sar, who was 51 years old, came to the zoo in 1978, at just 4 years old. He was the zoo's first ...

A 12-year-old boy is facing attempted murder charges after he stabbed another preteen in the chest with a kitchen knife during a fight at a Brooklyn playground, officials said Friday. The victim, who ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 12-year-old has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of another 12-year-old in Brooklyn on Friday, according to police. The ...

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the loss of Rimba, a 28-year-old sun bear and beloved member of the zoo’s bear family. Zoo officials say Rimba was humanely euthanized earlier this week due ...

A 12-year-old boy was stabbed inside a Brooklyn park in a mid-afternoon burst of violence Thursday, police said. The pre-teen was knifed in the chest inside Betsy Head Park atThomas S. Boyland Street ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville announced the arrival of a new giraffe to its Grasslands Africa habitat on Thursday morning. Zoo Knoxville said the new giraffe, Mokolo, is 10 years old and comes from ...

Mokolo, a 10-year-old giraffe, joins Zoo Knoxville from Elmwood Park Zoo as part of a conservation plan to enhance genetic diversity. Former NASCAR driver and 6 others dead after private jet crashes ...

DETROIT, MI – Three adorable lion cubs have joined the Detroit Zoo family. Amirah, a 9-year-old African lioness at the Detroit Zoo, gave birth to three healthy cubs last week, the zoo announced Monday ...

DOWNTOWN — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a Fort Greene teenager has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy in a Downtown Brooklyn ...

The zoo said it is working with veterinarians and consultants and that a necropsy will be performed to determine what happened. “Kipekee touched the hearts of millions of people around the world — and ...

The Detroit Zoo shared sad news for animal lovers: Tula, the zoo's 6-year-old camel, has died. For more than a year, Tula had been working with the zoo's veterinary, behavioral husbandry and animal ...