When we looked for life lessons in some of the most successful zoo escapes, we found out why we’re so fascinated by these ...

A Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 quickly turned into chaos when a boy slipped into a gorilla enclosure and a 450-lb. ape named Harambe began dragging him. To save the boy’s life, zoo ...

Zoo officials say the 4-year-old, now recovering at a hospital, crawled into the Gorilla World Exhibit. The boy's mother can be heard calling to him as the gorilla crouched over the boy.

"These animals need to be taken away from the zoo." Zoo under fire over troubling video of animal smoking cigarette in enclosure: 'Completely irresponsible' first appeared on The Cool Down.

This is the amusing moment zoo staff rehearsed a rescue drill in case baby hippo Moo Deng escapes from her enclosure. Staff at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo carried out the simulation using a hippo ...

In 1996, a 3-year-old boy tumbled 24 feet into a gorilla enclosure at an Illinois zoo. Then, a Western Lowland Gorilla named Binti Jua rescued him.

Here's what happened inside that enclosure during the approximately 10-minute ordeal, based on accounts from the zoo director, a witness, video clips, 911 call logs, police records and fire officials.

Turtle Back Zoo’s black bear named “Jelly” temporarily escaped her enclosure on Thursday morning through an unlocked gate before the zoo opened to the public. The 20-year-old bear walked ...

Zoo on the hunt for otters seen escaping during winter storm By Associated Press Published March 26, 2025, 10:21 a.m. ET ...

-- The Cincinnati Zoo, which was forced to kill a beloved silverback gorilla after a toddler fell into its enclosure in May, was not in compliance with federal standards for housing primates, a U ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WKRC) - A man who allegedly enjoyed "roughhousing" with a kangaroo at a zoo was found dead in the animal's enclosure. According to a press release from the Horry County Police ...

Mish and Lucy, two European brown bears at Wildwood Devon wildlife park, escaped their enclosure and raided the food storage area, consuming a week's worth of honey before returning.