An unimaginable tragedy occurred on Sunday at a Brazilian zoo. 19-year-old Gerson de Melo Machado decided to climb a 20-foot-high wall to break into the lion’s enclosure and was mauled to death in front of ...
When a beloved family pet falls ill, most parents prepare for a tearful goodbye at the vet’s office. But in Denmark, one mother made a decision so startling it’s left people around the world stunned ...
What started as a bizarre attempt at a selfie turned into a real-life horror movie when a tourist climbed into a crocodile enclosure, thinking the massive 15-foot predator was just a harmless statue. Seconds later, ...
Nature, I’m sure we can all agree, is pretty darn terrifying at times. We humans may consider ourselves the apex species on the planet, but when stripped of our technology and tools, we’re fairly helpless ...
Some dogs in a Chinese zoo joined the identity revolution and transformed into miniature versions of a vulnerable species at a new exhibit. Despite the cuteness overload, many visitors of the zoo are outraged that ...
Parents were shocked when gorillas at the zoo gave their kids a lesson in the birds and the bees. The gorillas, who got dirty with one another, were completely unphased by their human audience, or ...
Exactly 38 years ago, in 1986, 5-year-old Levan Merritt visited to the zoo with his brothers and parents. But what was meant to be a nice day quickly turned into a nightmare that the family would ...
It’s always a special day for a zoo when a new animal is born — everyone loves seeing a cute newborn. But it’s even more special when the baby is part of an endangered species, ...
It’s always a special occasion when a new animal is born at the zoo, but the birth of one baby rhino is extra special — an unexpected and welcome surprise just months after tragedy. The ...
It’s always an exciting day for a zoo when an animal gives birth, bringing a new adorable baby into the world. This week one zoo is celebrating the birth of a precious girl gorilla who ...