Brookfield Zoo gorilla dies at 30
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A western lowland gorilla her keeper described as benevolent died Tuesday at the Brookfield Zoo from complications of kidney failure.
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A zookeeper died Saturday after a 140-pound jaguar mauled her in its enclosure, and the big cat was fatally shot when it approached emergency workers treating the injured woman, the zoo said.
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A killer whale at the SeaWorld in San Antonio has died unexpectedly.
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The 64-year-old Brockton surveyor who slipped into a coma last week after being infected with Eastern equine encephalitis has died, officials at Caritas Good Samaritan Hospital said.
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Zoo officials plan to build a glass-walled cage to display Little Joe, a gorilla who escaped three years ago and mauled a 2-year-old girl.
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PITTSBURGH - A 7 1/2-year-old monster buck named Goliath, allegedly stolen in 1999 and then returned to the ranch where he was raised, has died. The massive deer died Dec. 6; tests will determine the cause. The life span of a deer is 10 to 15 years.
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The giant panda cub born in an Austrian zoo was actually a twin, but its sibling died, the zoo said Friday.
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Anthrax has killed 18 hippos at a Ugandan national park where nearly 200 of the animals died in the worst mass wildlife deaths from disease three months ago, a government official said on Saturday.
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A 5-year-old panda who last year became the first to be released into the wild after being bred in captivity has died, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.
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Park rangers in Virunga National Park, home to some of the world's last mountain gorillas, are on the front lines of Congo's war. More than 120 rangers have been killed in this lush sanctuary over the last decade.
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Lab test confirmed that 23 tigers in a private zoo in eastern Thailand have died of infecting with avian influenza virus, officials said here on Tuesday.
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A jury awarded $175,000 in damages Wednesday to a girl who was attacked by an escaped gorilla at the Franklin Park Zoo.
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The smallest of three rare Siberian tiger cubs born at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium died Thursday, zoo officials said.
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One of a pair of rare Komodo dragon lizards brought to London Zoo amid great fanfare last month has died after falling off a wall while trying to reach her mate, zoo officials confirmed.
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Photo: AFP A quick-thinking Dutchman has registered "Bokito", the name of a gorilla which broke out of his enclosure in Rotterdam Zoo last week, as a brand. via The Age
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A Sumatran orangutan, thought to be the world's oldest, has died in Miami at age 55, a zoo spokesman said on Sunday .
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Denver Zoo is taking steps to prevent a possible outbreak of plague after a monkey dies of the disease.