National Jul 11, 2021
The Amazon Wish List is particularly helpful because items used by zoos need to meet strict requirements to ensure animal safety.
National Jun 23, 2021
One has been placed in an incubator while the other is being looked after by its mother, Ueno zoo said.
National Jun 11, 2021
Zoo breeding programs have played a key role in repopulating herds of southern white rhinos.
National Jun 4, 2021
Shin Shin, 15, has already produced one cub, the now 3-year-old Xiang Xiang.
National May 23, 2021
Iwate zoo grapples with backlash over animal euthanasia program
Zoomo in Iwate Prefecture has drawn criticism with the disclosure of its euthanasia program for sick creatures.
National Mar 7, 2021
Pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo mate for first time in four years
The pandas were put in the same enclosure Saturday after showing strong signs of being in heat.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Mar 3, 2021
Emma will soon travel to Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture where a 10-year-old fellow rhino "Moran" has been lined up to be her first suitor.
National Dec 16, 2020
A female staff member suffered scratch wounds on her head and arms Tuesday when a black panther attacked her through a fence in a zoo in the southwestern city of Kagoshima, the zoo operator said. The woman in her 20s was observing the panther at ...
National Dec 10, 2020
Tokyo panda Xiang Xiang's return to China pushed back by pandemic
Tokyo Metropolitan Government has agreed with Chinese authorities to push back through next May the return of Xiang Xiang, the popular female offspring of a giant panda couple on loan from China, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Yuriko Koike said Thursday. Xiang Xiang, born in ...
National Nov 23, 2020
A male giant panda cub has been born at a zoo in Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture, the leisure facility said. The panda is 20.5 centimeters long and weighs 157 grams, the facility in the town of Shirahama said Sunday. It is the 17th panda ...
National Nov 2, 2020
The baby elephant, born on Saturday, measures 1 meter in height to its back and weighs 120.5 kilograms.
National Oct 28, 2020
Panda fans can see Xiang Xiang online before her return to China
Ueno zoo will release photos of the 3-year-old giant panda on its website Wednesday and start offering smartphone wallpapers of Xiang Xiang on Nov. 3.