ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Zoo is celebrating its 58th birthday this year with its annual Zippity Zoo Day event. Although the Abilene Zoo first opened its doors in 1919 in Redbud Park, the ...

What is a birthday without a cake? Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup celebrated their second birthdays at Brevard Zoo on Thursday with teeny-tiny layer cakes fit for rats. But the cakes for these ...

Fatou the gorilla, who usually enjoys a diet of veggies, is treated to a sweet, fruity cake once a year Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it. The National ...

A 30-year-old Malayan sun bear was euthanized Monday morning at the Topeka Zoo, officials said Tuesday. The female bear, Cup Cake, had been suffering from several age-related medical conditions, zoo ...

Happy birthday to the pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.! Pandas Bao Bao, Mei Xeing, Bei Bei and Tian Tian enjoyed tiered birthday cakes made by the zoo's nutrition department.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- With high heat gripping the Philadelphia region for the next few days, some animals at the Philadelphia Zoo are getting some cold treats to help stay cool. The Zoo shared these ...

WASHINGTON — The National Zoo’s most famous tenants enjoyed an icy treat Saturday as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its panda exchange agreement with the Chinese government. Giant panda Mei Xiang and ...