The poor zoo looks shabby, frankly," McNellis said. "Bringing in pandas today to our zoo would be exhibiting the Mona Lisa in an old, cracked, leaking barn." The San Francisco Zoo has had its fair ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo says a recent report detailing the list of the worst zoos for elephants in North America is flat-out wrong but plans to close the elephant exhibit.

Phoenix Zoo officials say a list that ranks the zoo as one of the top 10 worst for elephants in North America has “no merit.” The list, which comes from animal rights group In Defense of ...

A collaboration of researchers surveyed zoo employees and volunteers across the US about their experiences of burnout and grief related to zoo animal losses.

The study found that "poor" grief support in some US zoos leaves staff feeling limited empathy from leadership.