Zoo
Berlin's zoo is mourning Ingo the Flamingo
The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the Flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is believed to be at least 75 years of age and had lived there since the mid-1950s.
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Animals can't hibernate amid prolonged summer conditions
The unseasonably warm weather in the tourist hot spot region of Antalya and the prolonged summer conditions have disrupted the hibernation patterns of bear families and turtles, causing stress among the animals.
Over 450 smuggled animals taken under protection in Gaziantep
Within the scope of an operation, police teams have seized over 450 animals smuggled into different regions of Türkiye and sent them to the southeastern province of Gaziantep's zoo for their care and protection.
‘Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out’ in Istanbul
The exhibition "Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out - Anatomy of Real Animals," the world's most comprehensive animal anatomy exhibition, is open to visitors at the HUPALUPA Expo at Metropol Istanbul Mall.
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Baghdad zoo animals suffer as mercury hits 50 degrees
A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital.
Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad for the second day in a row, making life outdoors unbearable for both humans and animals.
A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat
At first sight, Tiembe studies his frozen breakfast with hesitation: Chunks of red meat and bone packed in a foot-long block of ice.
The 15-year-old Angolan lion eventually licks the ice before gnawing pieces of meat free.
Oldest Magellanic penguin at San Francisco Zoo dies at 40
The oldest Magellanic penguin at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, one of the oldest penguins living under human care anywhere in the world, died on June 6 at the age of 40, the zoo reported.
The estimated age of the male, called Captain Eo, was well over the species' average life expectancy of 20 to 30 years, the zoo said in a statement.
Chester Zoo welcomes its first-ever baby Aardvark born in captivity (photo)
Conservationists at the zoo were “overjoyed” to discover the new arrival as they arrived to work on Tuesday morning, the zoo said
Winter shift starts in Turkish zoos
With winter in full force and meteorologists warning against adverse cold weather ahead, Turkish zoos have installed special heating systems for animals who belong to countries having a warm climate.
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Residents ‘sleepless’ due to lions roaring at Ankara zoo
Residents of a neighborhood in the Gölbaşı district of the capital Ankara have complained about a zoo that opened one-and-a-half months ago in the middle of a residential area, saying they cannot sleep at nights because of lions that were "roaring" at nights.