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China's Xi says pandas will soon arrive in Atlanta as part of 'panda diplomacy' tradition

The zoo, which previously housed pandas from 1999 to 2024, announced an agreement in ​April with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to host the two bears.

ILLUSTRATIVE: Seven-month-old male giant panda cub Satrio Wiratama, known as Rio, is pictured at the Panda Palace of Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, on June 20, 2026. Rio is the first panda cub born in Indonesia via artificial insemination from a breeding pair brought from China in 2017.
Ten-week-old Sumatran tiger cubs play next to their mother Dini, 10, during their debut at Taman Safari Indonesia in Pasuruan in East Java province on June 4, 2026.

‘Child predator tour’: Chester Zoo corrects awkward ticket listing caused by computer error

A Palestinian boy feeds a monkey evacuated from a zoo in Rafah due to the Israeli military operation, at a sanctuary in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, May 20, 2024.

At a Gaza zoo, war takes its toll on the animals

A pair of tigers. Illustration.

Love is in the Air: The Biblical Zoo's new pair of tigers have moved in together


Botswana investigates elephant deaths near Chobe National Park

Two years after a natural toxin killed 300 elephants, a new spate of elephant deaths has authorities wondering what caused the deaths this time.

 A combination photo shows dead elephants in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020.

Russian forces stole art, raccoon, llama as they fled Kherson -Ukraine

Ukraine says that Russian forces have stolen cultural artifacts, raccoons, llamas, and other animals during their retreat from Kherson.

 The Kherson Art Museum

Lion mauls a man to death in Ghana zoo

Around noon on Sunday, a man gets mauled to death by a lion after entering the lion's enclosure at Ghana's Accra Zoo.

YASHA THE lioness is seen with her six-week-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in on May 6

How do gorillas get our attention? A special scream called 'snough' - study

An experiment on gorillas in an Atlanta zoo found that they could be moderate vocal learners, indicating that language as a growth communicator may not be unique to humans.

 A mountain gorilla in the Volcano National Park.

Zoos: Cruel cages or compassionate conservation?

Zoos have come under incredible assault, as places that are utterly immoral prisons of cages for animals that should be allowed to roam free

 VISITORS WATCH a polar bear at Central Park Zoo in New York.

Jerusalem's best, family friendly activities

From indoor amusement parks to zoos to interactive museums, Jerusalem may just be Israel’s most kid-friendly city. A comprehensive guide for all the family.

 AWAITING THEIR turn to ride Discovery 360, one of Magic Kass’s many rides.

COVID-19: 14-year-old tiger dies of coronavirus in Ohio

Jupiter died at the Columbus Zoo after developing pneumonia caused by COVID-19 complications.

Siberian Tiger in the Philadelphia Zoo

An exploration of art, dance and extinction

In her video art, Arif-Galanti employed thousands of still images from the local zoo’s museum to weave a kaleidoscope of stuffed animals, dead insects and fauna granted a second leave of life.

 EINAT ARIF Galanti’s ‘If a Tree Falls in a Forest.’

Ancient giraffes had shorter necks and armored heads - study

New fossils found in northern China have revealed that ancient giraffes had a disk-shaped bone structure on their heads intended for head-butting opponents.

 A giraffe in the Akagera National Park.

Genetic link found between ancient Iberian and Israeli dogs

Studying the characteristics of Iberian dogs during the Chalcolithic period will help researchers understand human interests in their maintenance and breeding.

 Mesolithic Muge dog illustration. An illustrated recreation of a dog that lived before the Chalcolithic dogs.