Willie B. III is a 2-1/2-year-old gorilla who calls the Atlanta Zoo home. Fans have loved watching him grow up alongside his mom, Shalia, and sometimes even with his dad, Willie B., Jr, and it’s hard ...

For Willie Shubert, journalism is a kind of cartography. “I studied geography,” he says. Mapmaking taught him how to see the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- John Ball Zoo’s adorable baby pygmy hippo has a name -- Hugo. The zoo announced the name Friday, Oct. 3 ...

John Ball Zoo's most recent bundle of joy now has a name. After a public naming contest that started just after the baby ...

The John Ball Zoo announced on Friday that after a week-long naming contest, its new pygmy hippo calf will be called Hugo.

John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids named their new baby pygmy hippo Hugo, who is part of an endangered species with less than ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has finally revealed the name of its pygmy hippo calf: Hugo. The zoo announced the name Friday afternoon in a social media post. The name was chosen by the ...

From using moon rovers that encourage predators to hunt and forage in packs, to applying state-of-the-art algorithms to try ...

Zoo keepers have announced the arrival of several capybara babies at a Kent attraction for the first time. Bosses at Wingham ...

Hippo parents Penelope and Jahari welcomed the 11-pound baby on Sept. 3. It is the first pygmy hippo born at the West ...

Three ducks at the Queens Zoo have died of bird flu and 12 other birds that died at the Bronx Zoo may have come into contact with the virus, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The WCS ...