We live in the era of viral animals, from Larry the Cat, the permanent fixture at 10 Downing Street, to Moo Deng, the cute pygmy hippo in Thailand, and Punch, the lonely monkey whose inability to make ...

Watch as a child uses a feeding stick to give meat to a tiger through a secure enclosure, with the big cat eagerly responding to a bell cue. This charming moment shows a safe and exciting animal ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - Lions, and lemurs and swamp monkeys, oh my! Those are just some of the animals who can’t get enough of the warmer weather months at the Detroit Zoo. Now that it’s spring and summer is ...

One of the oldest lions in the country was humanely euthanized on Thursday, May 7, the National Zoo announced. Shera, a female African lion, died at 21 after a recent decline in mobility. She was one ...

The arrival of three lions at a Suffolk zoo has brought joy after the loss of their beloved last lioness earlier this year. Africa Alive has welcomed three new males who travelled 140 miles from ...

A newly discovered feathered dinosaur with four wing-like limbs may have prowled the lakeside forests of what is now ...

This is the terrifying moment a safari vehicle door suddenly swings open during a lion feeding session at a wildlife park in China. Dramatic footage filmed by a tourist inside the tour bus shows a ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington said goodbye to a beloved resident Thursday. Veterinarians at the zoo euthanized Shera, an African lion. Though the loss saddened staffs, ...

A Pennsylvania zoo is welcoming a new addition to its lion family, but mom and baby are taking some time before making any public appearances. The unnamed female African lion cub was born on April 5 ...

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...