E L PASO, Texas –The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens want the public’s help in naming a new penguin mascot that will represent the Magellanic penguins in the facility’s new penguin exhibit.

Hines served for years as the mascot of the zoo's popular exhibit ... who owns a bakery across from the zoo, told USA TODAY. The bears were local celebrities in Washington's Woodley Park ...

Although the two were born in China, Bao Li has some major D.C. roots: He is the son of Bao Bao, who was born at the National ...

The Chicago Sky, the 14th team in the WNBA, introduced their team mascot, Sky Guy, today at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The new mascot ... when the women s USA Basketball team captured the ...

Ravens Director of Player Personnel Joe Hortiz and the Ravens have scoured the mascot circuit looking for ... Conquer and Rise from the Maryland Zoo.

Each year 25 million of us visit a UK zoo, enjoying the thrill of getting close to exotic creatures. But is there more to zoos than public amusement? Since the days of the first menageries ...

The Toronto Zoo spans 710 acres and houses over 5,000 animals from 500 species. Divided into seven regions like the Tundra Trek and African Savanna, it offers interactive exhibits, a splash pad ...

Around the world, zoos offer travelers the chance to get up close and personal with hulking rhinos, lanky giraffes, social meerkats, and quivering newborn calves. Aquariums, meanwhile, show you ...

As the Atlanta zoo laments the departure of its four giant pandas, the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., eagerly awaits the arrival of a pair of the hugely popular black-and-white bears.

The Oakland Zoo has shared adorable footage of its newly acquired mountain lion cub snuggling with its favorite toy and comfort item – a plushy stuffed dog. “The perfect plushy just hits ...

Things you don’t recognise them for: barking. People visiting a zoo in China demanded their money back after pandas in an enclosure turned out to be painted dogs. It’s alleged visitors to the ...

More than 2,000 visitors, many wearing T-shirts and carrying items decorated by panda motifs, queued outside the zoo hours before ... are an unofficial national mascot. Pandas, which reproduce ...