Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A breeding program at the Bronx Zoo allowed scientists to release 15 young cottontail rabbits, the only rabbit species native to New England, into three areas in Maine as part of an ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents. Iyari, a 10-month-old capybara, went to the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in May ...

Henry Vilas Zoo is saying goodbye to one of its beloved red pandas as part of a breeding program that coordinates animal moves across zoos.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)– The Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park's lion, Hondo, is heading to a zoo in Pittsburgh as part of a nationwide breeding program to preserve animal populations. The Idaho Falls Zoo is part of a 'species-specific program ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. — On Aug. 20, Niabi Zoo welcomed four new Fennec fox cubs, adding to one of the country's most successful breeding programs for the animals. The new cubs had a gender reveal party in mid-September, revealing three girls and one boy.

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Members of the House Regulatory Reform Committee on Thursday gave their approval to an amendment of the state’s Large Carnivore Act, following testimony from Michigan zoos noting that the current regulations allowed unrelated citations to impact their ...

Franklin Park Zoo’s 33-year-old western lowland gorilla, Little Joe, will relocate in the coming months to another accredited zoo under a Gorilla Species Survival Plan breeding recommendation. The move aims to give him the chance to lead his own troop ...