The zoo feeds more than 200 animals a day, each with specialized diets planned by zookeepers, veterinarians and zoo chefs.
On an early morning in June, wearing purple latex gloves, Chandlar Carlile stood with a sharpened knife slicing through papaya, honeydew, lettuce and an assortment of other produce inside a shiny ...
At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — As winter weather settles into northwest Ohio, residents are digging out their heavy coats and turning up the thermostats. But at the Toledo Zoo, preparing for the cold is a complex ...
(KRON) — The Oakland Zoo is celebrating Halloween by giving its animals seasonal pumpkins to eat and play with. “The way animals interact with pumpkins truly depends on what interests them and their ...