YAAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20: The two-year-old giant panda Fulong arrives at the BiFeng Gorge Base of China Panda-protection Research Center in Ya'an on November 20, 2009 in Yaan, Sichuan Province of China. Fu Long has been the star attraction at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo since he was born there on ..
Thai mahouts ride atop their elephants as the arrive for festivities Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the 49th Surin Elephant Roundup in Surin, Thailand. The event brings together mahouts and elephants from all over Thailand. A Thai beauty queen and mahout are shown in a parade Thursday, Nov. 19, ..
Undated 2009 photo from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo shows an Aldabra tortoise that had been named "Mary," moving through the ground at the zoo. A recent exam at the zoo showed that the tortoise, considered female for more than 50 years, was in fact male.credit photo: AP
SAN DIEGO — Out of 6,300 suggestions from panda fans around the world, San Diego Zoo managers have chosen a name for a baby panda born this summer. The 3-month-old, 13.2-pound ball of black-and-white fur was named Yun Zi, or "Son of Cloud" in Chinese, after his mother, Bai Yun, whose name ..
Indian zoo visitor watch elephants in their enclosure in Kolkata on November 13, 2009. India is to move 140 elephants living in zoos across the country to safari parks and sanctuaries where the normally free-roaming animals can graze openly. Indian zoo visitor watch elephants in their enclosure ..