SAN DIEGO – A baby giraffe is getting a little extra pep in her step thanks to doctors at the San Diego Zoo. Three-month-old Msituni – which means “in the forest” in Swahili – is now skipping around ...

When a baby giraffe was born with an unusual joint problem in February, caretakers at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park got worried. And then they got creative. The keepers were concerned that baby ...

Viewers online have been moved by a video of a rescue kitten learning to take her first steps after acquiring a set of custom-made braces for her front limbs. Athena, who was adopted from an animal ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A John Ball Zoo flamingo is getting a leg up thanks to some extra support provided by a custom brace. Andes the flamingo suffered an injury this winter that made it hard ...