The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo announced in a news release on Tuesday, July 23, that one of its 7-year-old male polar bears died by drowning after sustaining a 'crushing injury' to his trachea ...

The female gorilla, Eyare, had been roaming between different rooms in the zoo's gorilla enclosure on Nov. 12 when a member of her care team activated a hydraulic door, Colleen Baird, director of ...

The Calgary Zoo, which launched the conservation organization the Wilder Institute in 2021, cares for over 4,000 animals, including 6 other western lowland gorillas.

An investigation by the Calgary Zoo determined a 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla named Eyare died from "human error" when it was struck by a hydraulic door.

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is celebrating the birth of three black-and-white ruffed lemur pups, which were born at the beginning of the month. The lemurs are one of the most endangered ...

Da Mao, an adult male panda bear, looks on as media photograph him at the Calgary Zoo during the opening of its giant panda habitat, Panda Passage, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on May 7, 2018.

A polar bear has died after engaging in "rough play” with another polar bear at a Canadian zoo. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo announced in a news release on Tuesday, July 23, that one if its ...