In my recent research, I evaluated the importance of positive stress to zoo and aquarium animal welfare and found it is ...

His eyes focused on the pink, kibble-filled puzzle box they were holding—a programmable, lab-made device that’s part of an ...

Many families enjoy an outing to the zoo on a warm summer day. People have been fascinated with exotic animals since ancient Egypt. And although zoos have been delighting visitors for ages, are they ...

I think it depends on each zoo. I've always viewed zoos as more of research/preservation-assistance centers rather than how they are stereotyped as just a place to view animals. In fact many many ...

When people think about climate change and animals, they might picture melting sea ice, drought-stricken landscapes or species struggling in the wild. Far less attention is given to the animals living ...

As the debate over zoos intensifies, questions of ethics, empathy, and animal agency challenge long-held beliefs about conservation, education, and entertainment. Human fascination with exotic animals ...

"There are many zoos I would like to see closed." —David Field, president of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums There is increasing concern among zoo administrators, researchers, and ...

Animal teams at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute provide expert care for each of the Zoo’s residents every day of the year. But when heat indexes soar over 90 or even ...