We want animals to roam free as much as the next person, but there has to be some limit. You shouldn’t have to share an escalator with a wildebeest or hippo, unless you that's what you want. Here are ...

Animals often surprise us with their cleverness, especially when it comes to escaping for freedom. Some of these amazing creatures can smartly climb walls, pick locks, and even trick their keepers to ...

Officials at the Indianapolis Zoo responded to a great ape escape on Friday. Guests were moved to secure locations and the zoo was locked down until the chimp’s recapture. A chimpanzee escaped its ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --A baboon escaped from a zoo in Cuba, resulting in a search and rescue operation involving special forces personnel, Ministry of the Interior agents and veterinarians. Tahimí Meneses ...

Jake Oakman, senior vice president of external relations at the Indianapolis Zoo, said a female chimpanzee was seen outside of the International Chimpanzee Complex around 10 a.m. Nov. 14. Oakman said ...

Heavy rains overnight led to massive flooding in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and left at least 12 dead and an unknown number of escaped zoo animals wandering free. The hippopotamus swam out of ...

Dec. 16 (UPI) --A California zoo announced a hornbill, a large exotic bird native to Africa, was found at a country club after a weekend on the loose. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert ...

Moore, Donald E. 2012. "Accredited Zoo Best-Practice: Example Animal Escape Protocol for a Zoo." Zoo's Print : Magazine of Zoo Outreach Organization, 29, (4) 8–10.

The Indianapolis Zoo went on lockdown Friday morning after a female chimpanzee "was seen outside her exhibit" and later recaptured, the zoo said in a statement. The chimpanzee was spotted outside its ...

Officials at Zoo Miami are moving several of their animals to heated habitats to keep them warm and safe before temperatures plummet<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...