A sulcata tortoise undergoes a veterinary checkup at Turtle Back Zoo, where zoo visitors can observe animal care procedures.

The Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey joined the relatively few in the U.S. that routinely give the public a view of veterinary ...

Humans aren't the only ones who can benefit from acupuncture. So can animals, and a Fort Worth Zoo veterinarian is exploring just how much the alternative medicine technique can improve the lives of ...

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere houses an award-winning 25,000 foot animal hospital. Dr. Heather Schwartz leads a veterinary team that makes sure each animal receives the care they need. The Tennessean ...

AMES, Iowa -- An Iowa State University alumnus, who is chief veterinarian at the Houston Zoo, will speak about wildlife conservation at his alma mater on April 21. Joe Flanagan will present "That ...

WASHINGTON — Chemo for a gecko? Right-o. Humans have used geckos in the pursuit of skin cancer treatments. So it seems fitting that when a gecko at the National Zoo was spotted with tumors, humans ...

The staff of the Hattiesburg Zoo knows that Sue Ellen has been a part of so many of its guests’ visits and memories and mourn ...

DULUTH, Minn. — An Alaskan brown bear at the Lake Superior Zoo in northeastern Minnesota has a gleaming new silver-colored canine tooth in a first-of-its-kind procedure for a bear. The 800-pound ...

Roo, a Humboldt penguin, hatched on March 14 at Milwaukee County Zoo. She needed about a month of nebulizer treatment for an infection that hampered her breathing. Healthy now, Roo can often be found ...

Sarah Cannizzo is an associate veterinarian at Fort Worth Zoo, certified to conduct acupuncture on the zoo's more than 7,000 creatures. Cannizzo has administered acupuncture to rabbits with ...