Gold Coast theme park staff have raced against the clock to move hundreds of animals out of Cyclone Alfred’s path – including ...

These tours allow you to get up close to many of the zoo's most extraordinary animals, including camels, giraffes, gorillas, hippos, polar bears, and adorable meerkats. Some of the Wild Encounters ...

From fish-filled ice blocks to ice baths, these methods provide relief from the heat and offer mental stimulation and enrichment for the animals. Three meerkats seated upright. Credit: Charles J.

Enrichment enhances the psychological welfare of animals by ... The gazelle continuously graze, meerkats scamper and constantly check their surroundings, and large carnivores lie and wait. Animals ...

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born in the same litter at a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. They will live ...

Just as soldiers may develop post-traumatic stress disorder after facing life-threatening situations, military and police ...

Sometimes it’s easy to see when animals are stressed or anxious. They may pace back and forth, spend their days in hiding or be unusually aggressive. Getting sick frequently or ...

To keep this from happening, zookeepers and animal caretakers provide environmental enrichment – objects, structures and activities that stimulate the animals’ minds and help keep them from ...