The Houston Zoo said goodbye to a beloved member of its family this week. Kelly was an elderly orangutan who had lived at the zoo's World of Primates since 1994. The 44-year-old had been ill for s ...

The Houston Zoo's menagerie weathered the city's snowiest day since 1973 with help from 66 staff members who stayed in its ...

Orangutan, Houston Zoo, Hermann Park, (713)523-5888 They eat or pee or groom themselves or loll about, oblivious to the prying eyes and children's cries. But the orangutan knows what's going on.

Primate staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Kyle, a 28-year-old male Bornean orangutan who died ...

Animals residing at the Houston Zoo were delighted - and a little perplexed - by a rare fall of snow. Video shared by the zoo showed a young Asian elephant named Teddy playing in his enclosure ...

Indigenous North American animals like cougars and bald eagles, which are among the animals at the zoo, are no strangers to ...