The Knoxville Zoo says it has become the first U.S. zoo to successfully breed Northern spider tortoises, a subspecies so rare they can no longer be exported from their native Madagascar off Africa's ...

Zipping through the Houston Zoo in golf carts -- safari-style -- and getting up-close-and-personal with featured animals are two of the annual "Feed Your Wild Life" Conservation Gala's biggest draws.

It's not just real-life, human stars who have to worry about scene-stealers in Hollywood. Cartoon animals have to beware, too. The first "Madagascar" in 2005 introduced us to four Central Park Zoo ...