From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

On a cool December afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo, Lady Bird splashes her tiny trunk in a watering hole while her mother, Bluebonnet, and honorary aunt Angel flank her like bodyguards. To zoogoers ...

Lady Bird, an Asian elephant born in August 2025, (center) is with her mother Bluebonnet (left) and Angel at Fort Worth Zoo on Dec. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer On a ...

A three-legged red wolf who the North Carolina Zoo said was an amabassador for the species has died. According to the North Carolina Zoo, Ayita, a 13-year-old red wolf, has died. The zoo called Ayita ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The zoo in Sioux Falls is hoping its renovated red wolf exhibit will make a difference for the animal in the wild. The frigid weather didn’t stop a crowd from gathering at ...

Karin Vardaman thinks there are ways to prevent wolves from killing cattle in Colorado that don’t always involve lethal force. There is no perfect solution, she cautions. “We do believe it doesn’t ...

In early 2025, global superstar Bad Bunny did something no one saw coming. He turned the little-known, critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho) into an international icon. The ...

Naples Zoo has welcomed seven new American flamingos to its expanding flock. The new group includes two males and five females, arriving from Fort Worth Zoo in Texas, the same facility where Naples ...

One of Fort Wayne Zoo’s newest residents has already captured visitors’ hearts – a male harbor seal named Bubba, the local attraction said Thursday in a news release. The zoo welcomed Bubba in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is welcoming Chrys, a male maned wolf, to its zoo family. Chrys, from Wichita, Kansas, will celebrate his 8th birthday with the Louisville Zoo on Nov. 27. “We are ...