Tacoma is welcoming a new Sumatran tiger. According to a news release from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the new arrival – a 6-year-old female named Mawar – came all the way from Australia. She is ...

The zoo released a video of Beppy enjoying the water in her "Land of the Tiger" habitat. Unlike most big cats, tigers are naturally strong swimmers and can travel long distances in water. Beppy's ...

On the southern tip of the island of Tasmania in 1936, a wolf-like marsupial was living in the Beaumaris Zoo. It was the last of its kind, and on Sept. 7, 1936, the animal died from suspected neglect, ...

One of two collegiate teaching zoos in the U.S. — the other is in Florida — Moorpark College's facility graduates about 45 ...