Manhattan city officials on Wednesday announced that Scott Shoemaker has retired after 29 years as director of the Sunset Zoo ...

After nearly three decades of leadership, Sunset Zoo director Scott Shoemaker has retired following 29 years in the position.

The family of Jack Hanna, the legendary animal advocate and talk show guest, revealed in a new interview that the beloved zookeeper has Alzheimer’s disease. Hanna rose to national prominence during ...

Athena suffered from early-onset chronic kidney disease, which made it hard for her to keep weight on, zoo officials said (Facebook/Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) The ...

Costa Rica, alongside Brazil and Panama, has secured new international safeguards for two species of two-toed sloths, as nations at the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — The family of a missing man is pleading with the public for any information about his whereabouts. Family members of 53-year-old Christopher Hanna of Walton County say he was last ...

Nearly 100 athletes from Section 1 and local private schools have been named to The Journal News/lohud Ice Hockey Players to Watch list for 2025-26.

Athena, a fan-favorite two-toed sloth at the National Zoo in DC, died after a sudden medical decline, officials announced. She was 7 years old. Zoo staff said Athena had early-onset chronic kidney ...

Wild Republic and Morgan Kaylor’s family donating thousands of pink sloths to children at Scottish Rite. Donation honors Morgan, who found comfort in her beloved pink sloth, "Slothy." Each toy ...