The Houston Zoo announced Wednesday its new president and CEO, Lisa Peterson, who will fill the position in June.

Lisa Peterson will take over as the organization’s president and CEO, effective June 2, the Houston Zoo announced April 2. Peterson will join the nonprofit from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, where ...

The majority of the wooden elephants will be on display in The Commons area in Hermann Park, with a few others scattered ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The ...

Catherine Parker Situated in Hermann Park and the Museum District, near the Houston Zoo, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Holocaust Museum Houston, the Houston Museum of Natural Science features ...

Mommy, a 97-year-old Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest first-time mom of her species after she welcomed four ...

And Brenda Valdivia continues her series pursuing the creation of the ultimate Houston sandwich by embarking on a quest for some of Houston's best meats and cheeses.

Its proximity to the Houston Zoo and Museum District makes it a convenient launchpad for a day of cost-free discovery. In the heart of downtown Houston, Discovery Green transforms 12 acres into a ...