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A zoo in Colombia is celebrating the birth of a baby spider monkey, a rare species in danger of extinction. The monkey was born on Sunday at the San Fe zoological park in Colombia's second city, Medellin, but so far staff know little about it, ...
Thousands of juvenile salmon dead at aquarium after Hokkaido quake
The powerful earthquake that rocked Hokkaido and knocked out electricity across the prefecture last week also affected aquarium and zoo operations, with one facility losing thousands of juvenile salmon, known as parr, because it failed to maintain the oxygen supply for its tanks. The magnitude ...
Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens may have the giant panda cub Xiang Xiang to adore, but a zoo in Okinawa has its own critters to be crazy about: lions. As of Dec. 24, visitors to Okinawa Zoo & Museum in fiscal 2017, which started in April, ...
Aardvark and meerkats perish after blaze breaks out at London Zoo petting area
An aardvark and four meerkats were killed after a blaze tore through part of London Zoo early Saturday, shutting the British capital's popular tourist attraction for the day while staff assessed damage. The zoo said on its website Sunday it will operate normally, including visits ...
Twin baby chimpanzees make first public appearance at Nagoya zoo
A Nagoya zoo on Tuesday held the first public viewing of its twin baby chimpanzees, saying the pair — born last month — are growing well and are in good health. The Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens said it is rare for both chimpanzees to ...
Giant tortoise on the run no more
Two weeks after going on the lam, a giant tortoise that went missing from a zoo in Okayama Prefecture has been found safe and sound in bushes about 140 meters away from the spot where she made her getaway. The man and his teenage son, ...
Tokyo zoo to remove panda showing signs of pregnancy from public display
A Tokyo zoo said Tuesday it will stop displaying a giant panda believed to have become pregnant. Ueno Zoological Gardens said it will remove Shin Shin, 11, from public viewing from Thursday, after she began showing signs of pregnancy last week. A urine test has ...
A female giant panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo has shown signs of being pregnant, including reduced appetite and longer sleeping times, the zoo's operator said. If 11-year-old Shin Shin does give birth, the cub will be the first giant panda born at Ueno Zoological Gardens ...
Lion cubs born in Chile after world's first reverse vasectomy
Two baby lion cubs were presented to the public at a zoo in Chile on Thursday, born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father. The cubs' mother, Masai, became pregnant after the father, Maucho, underwent the procedure, which vets ...
Kanagawa man who tweeted 'lion scare' after 2016 Kumamoto quakes avoids charges
A man who fanned a "lion scare" with false tweets following the deadly earthquakes that hit Kumamoto last April has managed to avoid indictment. The Kumamoto District Public Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday the act of the 21-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture did not merit criminal ...
Mosul's ruined zoo's animals starved when war kept locals from feeding them
A bear paces around a filthy cage next to a starving lion, the only two animals left in Mosul's zoo. At the edge of their tiny enclosures lies a lioness dead from starvation. Like much of the city, the once-peaceful animal park has been destroyed ...
Higashiyama Zoo denizens have to settle for food substitutions
The Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chikusa Ward, Nagoya, has the largest number of giant anteaters. But few know the anteaters rarely get to eat their favorite dish. "Hey, they are not eating ants!" a visitor exclaimed, watching the animals extend their long tongues ...
