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Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 10, 2024.) ...
WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday.
"And names are significant; they help define what we think about these animals, and they follow them through their entire lives. Advertisement More than 2,000 animals live at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
The Erie Zoo has several new animals, including a male black-and-white ruffed lemur, two female Père David’s deer and two female kangaroos. The zoo will host Glow Wild, a Chinese lantern ...
Thousands of fans have flocked to a Thailand zoo to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that's ...
Now, the zoo has announced the winners! In October, John Ball Zoo asked for the public's help in naming the two red panda cubs that were born at the zoo in July. Now, they're announcing the winners!
Greater Vancouver Zoo has welcomed new additions to its animal family this summer, including two common elands, three oryxes, ...
Trish Khan, the Milwaukee County Zoo's curator of primates and small mammals, has worked at the zoo for more than 30 years, and in that time, methods for naming animals have changed. "It used to ...