The Louisville Zoo has named its newest giraffe calf, and it's in honor of a longtime zookeeper.

ROANOKE, Va. – At Mill Mountain Zoo, some children are stepping into the boots of real animal caretakers during National Zookeeper Week. Niki Voudren, executive director at Mill Mountain Zoo, said, “I ...

Three times a day you'll see folks here at the Cincinnati Zoo's elephant enclosure shoveling. You quickly learn that the duties of a zookeeper involved more feces than you'd think."The whole yard all ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - This week is National Zoo Keeper Week, a week dedicated to appreciating zookeepers’ hard work, conservation efforts, and passion. Zoo keepers are often overlooked as unsung ...

Some trips to Seattle come with souvenirs. Addi’s visit came with a sneak peek at what her future might look like.

Zookeepers at Chester Zoo have stepped in to help raise a newborn aardvark, bottle-feeding it warm milk every few hours to ...

Zookeeper Mary Kate Findley captured a video of herself introducing her 2-month-old child to the Dallas Zoo's 20-year-old silverback gorilla Juba Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...