animals Adorable critically-endangered gorilla born at the US National Zoo David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Video: Gorilla brother harasses his baby sibling and gets punished by mom Ruben Bolling

animals Zoo hiring outgoing people to dress up in bizarre bird costumes as "seagull deterrents" David Pescovitz

escapes Bear escapes from zoo enclosure – 2nd time this month – forcing guests to move indoors Carla Sinclair

Funny Japan zoo employs person in silly black bear costume for escaped animal emergency drill (video) David Pescovitz

zoos Apes separated at zoo secretly made a baby through a glory hole David Pescovitz

animals Zoo animals enjoy blood-flavored popsicles to stay cool David Pescovitz

zoos Zoos as colonialist enterprises Jennifer Sandlin

zoos Someone deliberately cut a hole in a wolf enclosure at Vancouver Zoo and set several wolves free Jennifer Sandlin

animals Watch the tense moment when a stray dog jumped into a zoo's gorilla habitat David Pescovitz

zoos The Swetsville Zoo is an iconic roadside attraction in Fort Collins, Colorado Popkin

Funny "Mysterious creature" found in zoo habitat was something else David Pescovitz

animals When you go to the zoo, you are breathing the DNA of the animals inside it Mark Frauenfelder

zoos Woman entered Bronx Zoo lion enclosure with flowers, tossing $100 bills. Again. David Pescovitz

zoos This woman broke into a monkey exhibit at the zoo, sat in their pool, and fed them Hot Cheetos Carla Sinclair

animals Two half-brother gorillas play and laugh together Gareth Branwyn

zoos Penguins visit the Polar Bears at the St. Louis Zoo Gareth Branwyn

gender Now Baby Pandas are getting Gender Reveal parties, too Thom Dunn

language Parrots who swore at zoo visitors removed from public view David Pescovitz

animals Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper David Pescovitz