A nearly 7-foot alligator to be exact, taking a dip in Vorhees' pool. "I've gotten raccoons out of the pool and armadillos and snakes and frogs and turtles, but I wasn't going to go after an alligator ...

Any trip to Philadelphia Zoo must include a visit to see Mommy, the Galapagos tortoise who gained global attention when she became a first-time mom at the estimated ripe old age of 97.

Remember those four female tortoise hatchlings named after the Golden Girls at the Philadelphia Zoo? They now have three brothers! Three more critically endangered Galapagos tortoises have now ...

Employees at the San Diego Humane Society are wearing bear costumes to take care of a rescued black bear cub in hopes that it ...

Advocates are outraged over the silent relocation of two aging elephants, Billy and Tina, from Los Angeles to the Tulsa Zoo. NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports on the move that happened despite ...

NEW AT SIX. EXPANSION OF THE LION ENCLOSURE AT THE BLANK PARK ZOO IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. THE ZOO BROKE GROUND ON THE MARJORIE, A FOSTER LION CONSERVATION CENTER. ZOO LEADERS SAY IT WILL TRIPLE ...

Southeastern states launched GatorWise, a program to help residents coexist with alligators. North Carolina, the northernmost range of the American alligator, has seen increased human-alligator ...

Another 3-foot alligator was shot by a hunter north of the Twin Cities. The whole 3-foot theme seems to be common. A 3-foot alligator probably doesn't make the best house pet. I imagine if you get ...

They are the centerpiece of his first exhibition in a decade. ''Ode to George 2'' is one of a pair of sculptures by Clifford Ward based on an antelope that once lived at the Philadelphia Zoo. Like ...

At the National Zoo, the new pandas, still too young for romance, have nevertheless given welcome indications that they are interested in each other, staff members say. The female bleated at the ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched. The boys join the ...

The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises hatched. The boys join the Golden Girls — four ...