The ABQ BioPark Zoo is mourning the loss of an orangutan known for his intelligence and a wombat who loved holding a teddy bear. On Tuesday, a 24-year-old male Sumatran orangutan named Elok died from ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque BioPark Zoo has introduced its first pack of Mexican gray wolves at a new conservation and recovery facility. The zoo is starting with nine wolves, but the facility is ...

Everyone needs a companion, including apes. Polaris, a 6-year-old lar gibbon, found his in fellow lar gibbon Siena, 8, at the ABQ BioPark Zoo. “He is an adorable little guy,” said Josephine Frentzel, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – There’s another furry face at the Albuquerque BioPark’s Ape Walk as the zoo welcomes a new gibbon to the family. Polaris is a 6-year-old lar gibbon. He came from another zoo ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Elok, a Sumatran orangutan at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo, has died, according to staff. Elok went into cardiac arrest during a procedure to treat gastrointestinal problems and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A bacterial outbreak in Albuquerque between May 2021 and November 2023 that spread among people and ...

Following its award-winning expansion of its Asia habitat, the BioPark Zoo is in the process of designing a new $22 million gorilla habitat, funded in part by a one-eighth cent gross receipts tax ...

RUSSELL BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE. WITH THE EXTREME HEAT, THE BIOPARK IS BEING CREATIVE ON HOW TO KEEP THEIR ANIMALS COOL. MANY HAVE ACCESS TO POOLS OR WATER FEATURES AS WELL AS SHADE, AND MISTERS ARE ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Over at the ABQ BioPark, guests were invited to partake in a fangtastically eerie day of trick or treating for their annual Boo at the Zoo celebration. KRQE News 13’s ...

A Sumatran orangutan named Elok died during a procedure in New Mexico, zoo officials said. Photo from ABQ BioPark's Facebook page A critically endangered primate suddenly became ill at a New Mexico ...