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Germany

Watch: First footage released of polar bear cub born at Berlin Zoo

The 27-day old youngster is spending its days sleeping, nursing and cuddling up to its mother.

28/12/2018

Japan

Penguins get into a festive flap in Japanese zoo

A zoo in Japan gives it penguin population Christmas appeal by dressing them up as santas for a special festive parade.

06/12/2018

Germany

Baby giraffe melts hearts at Berlin zoo

Ella belongs to the Rothschild's subspecies, which has seen its numbers cut by 40% over the past 30 years, and is now found in the wild only in Kenya and Uganda.

22/11/2018

Australia

Trick or treatment? Programming zoo animals to keep calm for the vet

Trick or treatment? Programming zoo animals to keep calm for the vet

13/11/2018

France

Say Bonjour to France's first baby gorilla of 2018

Baby gorilla born at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher in Central France.

30/10/2018

Russia

Service with a snap: church uses crocodiles to attract new recruits

Service with a snap: church uses crocodiles to attract new recruits

29/10/2018

Singapore

Sloth bear cubs: can a Singapore zoo secure their survival?

A Singapore zoo is attempting to secure the survival of two baby sloth bear cubs, listed as a 'vulnerable' species. The twins are being taken care of away from their mother, as sloth bears have a history of abandoning or killing their cubs.

26/10/2018

Albania

The desperate and neglected animals at Europe’s ‘worst zoo’

A three-legged bear is among neglected animals set to be evacuated from what’s been dubbed Europe’s worst zoo.

25/10/2018

Belgium

Watch: Animals at Antwerp Zoo enjoy pumpkin treats

Carved pumpkins filled with special treats were served to several animals including elephants, penguins, and Nestor the lion.

23/10/2018

World News

Watch: Three rare white tigers born in Crimea

Just a week old, the Bengal cubs, two males and one female, are just starting to open their eyes

23/10/2018

USA

USA: Indianapolis Zoo staff ‘devastated’ after lion killed by lioness

Nyack, a 10-year old lion, was attacked and killed by the mother of their three cubs, even though the pair had been held together for years.

22/10/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: Endangered silvery gibbon born at UK zoo

Conservationists estimate that there are fewer than 2,500 adult silvery gibbons in the wild.

15/10/2018

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No Comment of the Week

This edition includes: Swarming bees close off a New York street, while unlikely friendships are being made at a Beijing Zoo.

31/08/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: Animals take to scales in annual weigh-in

London Zoo's largest animal, Eilish the giraffe, weighed 836kg while the smallest creatures are the leafcutter ants.

24/08/2018

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Watch: Baby aardvark revealed to public at Frankfurt Zoo

Memphis is one and a half months old and is now strong enough to roam in her enclosure with her mother.

24/08/2018

Egypt

Egyptian zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra

Donkey or zebra? Egyptian zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra.

26/07/2018

Poland

Warsaw officials scramble to find python on the loose

Animal Rescue Poland Foundation and Warsaw Zoo officials are on their tenth day of hunting for what specialists presume could be a six-metre-long, 50-kilogram Indian python.

11/07/2018

United Kingdom

Escaped Belfast Zoo monkey dies after being clipped by a car

A spider monkey that was pictured roaming along a Belfast road after escaping on Saturday died later that evening.

10/06/2018

Germany

False alarm after five big dangerous cats 'escape' from German zoo

A local officer in western Germany raised a false alarm after reporting that two lions, two tigers, and a jaguar had broken out of a zoo.

01/06/2018

USA

Pregnant rhino sparks hope for subspecies

“The confirmation of this pregnancy through artificial insemination represents an historic event for our organisation but also a critical step in our effort to save the northern white rhino."

18/05/2018