We share 5,000 years of cohabitation with one of the largest and most intelligent life forms on earth. We also share remarkable similarities — from complex family lives to intense emotions. It's no wonder elephants have always held a special place in the human imagination...
The Oregon Zoo will mark Orangutan Awareness Week, Nov. 11-17, showcasing the highly endangered apes and their struggle to avoid extinction. Daily keeper talks and feedings will take place at 1 p.m...
The Oregon Zoo turns 124 years old today, and staff members are already planning celebratory events for the months leading up to next year’s 125th anniversary.
“It’s quite an impressive milestone we’re coming up on,” said Kim Smith, zoo director...
The Front Room: 50 Years of Elephant Births at the Oregon Zoo - In a modest old building tucked into the far corner of the zoo is an 80-by-20-foot space known to elephant keepers simply as "the front room." For the past 50 years, it's served as North America's most productiv...
Biologists seek first photo evidence of species in western Oregon. Some will tell you it's a pygmy variety of bear. To others, it's a superhero with fierce sideburns. On the spectrum of enigmatic beasts, it's only slightly less mysterious than a sasquatch...
Active and retired military personnel and their families to be admitted free Nov. 12. The Oregon Zoo will mark Veterans Day by offering free admission on Monday, Nov...
Amur tigers Mikhail and Nicole turn 14 this week at the Oregon Zoo, and keepers plan to treat the brother-and-sister pair to a Halloween-themed birthday bounty: a meatball-studded cardboard birthday cake, scented papier-mâché party balloons, and some pumpkins stuffed with de...
