Another animal at the Dallas Zoo has died an untimely death: Zola, a young Western lowland gorilla, died on Wednesday, November 5, at age 23. The zoo does not know why Zola died. A necropsy will be ...

DALLAS — The Dallas Zoo's newest arrival is a healthy male giraffe, the zoo announced in a press release. The 5'8, 156-pound baby giraffe was born Sept. 24 to his mother Katie and father Tebogo, the ...

A person held their dog while walking around during the first ever dog day, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 at Dallas Zoo. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer Dogs rarely go still with awe, but if anything ...

Investigators filed a case on Friday after a clouded leopard named Nova escaped her habitat. She was found safe about seven hours after being reported missing and was returned to her enclosure. The ...

While North Texans are making last minute trips to the grocery store to stock up on essentials for the weekend, the staff at the Dallas Zoo spent the past few days bringing in extra supplies of hay, ...

The animals at the Dallas and Fort Worth zoos are more than cute — they’re built for survival in surprising ways. From penguins crying salt to kangaroos pausing pregnancy, these and other biological ...

I’m having a really hard time with the death of the Dallas Zoo’s baby giraffe, Kipenzi. Earlier this month, I lugged a video camera out to the zoo, a place I hadn’t set foot in since childhood. To my ...