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Baby Rhino to Be Named Tuesday

The newborn eastern black rhino at the Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History will get its name Tuesday. The zoo asked people to suggest names - with a $20 donation for each name submitted - and then vote on their fav [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Great Plains Zoo runs contest to name baby rhino

The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History in Sioux Falls is asking people to help name the black rhinoceros calf born last month. Until Nov. 19, people can suggest a name for a $20 donation. From Nov. 20 until Dec. 5, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Beijing Zoo sees first baby pandas since 2003

The family of animals at Beijing Zoo grew on Friday with the arrival of a pair of panda babies at about 10 am. They were the first pandas to be born at the zoo since 2003, according to Beijing Times. One of the twins is still at the zoo, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Baby gorilla born overnight at zoo

Zoo Atlanta's 25-year-old western lowland gorilla gave birth in the early morning hours Sunday, according to zoo officials. It's the third baby gorilla born to Kuchi and Taz, a 20-year-old silverback. Kuchi and Taz are also paren [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Louisville Zoo's injured baby gorilla improving

A baby gorilla who was injured in a skirmish with older members of her family group at the Louisville Zoo is getting better as keepers care for her continuously outside the exhibit. The zoo's veterinary team says the nearly 3-mon [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Baby Baboon Killed At SC Zoo

A crowd of over a hundred people – including children on Spring Break – got a violent glimpse of the “circle of life” on Monday at Columbia, South Carolina’s Riverbanks Zoo. A newborn Hamadryas baboon &ndash [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Two baby warthogs born at Maryland Zoo

Two male warthogs, born March 22 to proud parents Kumari and Kajani at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, are up and around and acting just like the little pigs they are. "They're cute," insists Mike McClure, the zoo's [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Sumatran Orangutan Baby Made Her Official Public Debut Today...

A Sumatran orangutan, born on October 2, made her official public debut today at the Philadelphia Zoo. The red-haired baby, a female, can be seen clinging tightly to mom in their exhibit at PECO Primate Reserve. The orangutan was born to 1 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Detroit Zoo Has a Baby Red Panda After Receiving Breeding Ap...

Royal Oak, MI - The Detroit Zoo is seeing red with the birth of a male red panda born on July 7, 2009. The mother arrived in November from another zoo as a mate for the Detroit Zoo’s lone male. The pairing was recommended by the Asso [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Zoo Announces Birth Of Baby Orangutan

The Philadelphia Zoo announced Friday morning that it has a new bouncing bundle of joy after eight months of waiting. Tua, the zoo's 16-year-old Sumatran orangutan, gave birth at approximately 8 a.m. It's the first offspring for both Tua a [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Newborn joy for Gana the gorilla after the heartbreak of a b...

With fierce pride Gana the gorilla gently cradles her tiny baby. Her powerful forearm presses the wrinkly, virtually hairless child to her chest. Her visible joy is in marked contrast to the grief she demonstrated last year on losing her ba [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

5 baby lemurs born at the Bronx Zoo

Five baby lemurs have been born at the Bronx Zoo's Madagascar exhibit in the year since it opened, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society. Three red ruffed lemurs, one collared lemur and one Coquerel's sifaka were born at the exhib [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Baby sea lion rescued on S.F. freeway

A baby sea lion was rescued early Monday after wandering onto a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway.Drivers on Interstate 880 started calling authorities around 5:45 a.m. to report the animal "walking" in the center divider near t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Baby white rhino born at Hamilton Zoo Baby white rhino born ...

The Hamilton Zoo has a new addition to the family as Moesha the white rhinoceros has give birth to a baby boy. Hamilton Zoo Director Stephen Standley says the birth of the calf comes as great news as zoo staff were once concerned she would [...]