Chimpanzees escape Belfast Zoo enclosure with makeshift ladder

Hogle Zoo explains how leopard escaped from her enclosure

SALT LAKE CITY — Officials at Utah's Hogle Zoo have released new information about how they believe a leopard was able to escape from her enclosure Tuesday morning.
Zeya, a 60-pound, four-year-old Amur Leopard, is the smallest animal that has ever lived at the zoo's Asian Highlands exhibit. They said she apparently climbed up some mesh fencing that surrounds the enclosure and squeezed through the 6" by 6" mesh that makes up the roof of her enclosure.

Tot hurt by rhinos was in zoo enclosure about 10 secs: Probe

Melbourne, Fla. – The toddler who fell into the Brevard Zoo rhinoceros exhibit on New Year’s Day was only in the enclosure for a matter of seconds and suffered serious injuries when the rhinos were startled and pushed the girl with their snouts, according to the final report issued by state wildlife investigators. CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV …

Why Photo of a Mother Polar Bear Hugging Her Baby in Zoo Enclosure is Anything But Cute

This captive baby polar bear will never know the wild home she was meant to live in. Nor will she understand what it truly means to be a polar bear.

'Doing what jaguars do': Predator escapes enclosure at New Orleans zoo, kills six animals

A jaguar escapes from its enclosure at a New Orleans zoo and kills four alpacas, an emu and a fox, and injures three other animals before being sedated.

How Do Zoos Plan for Weather?

A viral video shows a cold-loving panda frolicking in the snow, but zoos also accommodate animals that live where the weather differs from their natural habitat.

Ape Apps: Orangutans Learn With iPads At Miami Zoo

People are not the only ones picking up on current trends in technology. The six orangutans at the Jungle Island zoological park in Miami have been using iPads to play games and learn about vocabulary. Orangutan caregiver Linda Jacobs describes how the process works and which orangutans are doing particularly well.

10 weirdest zoo animal escapes

Rusty the red panda is the most recent zoo animal to prove it truly is a jungle out there. On Monday, the National Zoo in Washington announced that little Rusty had gone missing.

How Animal DNA Stored in a 'Frozen Zoo' Can Help Endangered Species

San Diego’s Frozen Zoo is offering hope for the future of animal conservation by storing genetic material from thousands of different animals. Learn how.

Why did Audubon Zoo's escaped jaguar kill so many animals?

The jaguar killed nine animals after escaping Saturday (July 14) from his enclosure.

Man Swallowed By Whale Reveals How He Escaped

7 News Sydney
Being swallowed by a whale sounds like the sort of fear you leave behind in childhood, like quicksand or swinging on your chair. However, for one man, this became a horrifying reality
Rainer Schimpf from South Africa had been snorkelling close to Port Elizabeth harbour when the unthinkable happened
The 51-year-old dive tour operator was mistakenly swallowed head first by a Bryde’s whale…

A guide to Belfast, bite by bite

Restaurants and food producers are putting Belfast firmly on the map

Belfast City Guide

Renowned for its sense of fun, Belfast – the destination for Routes Europe 2017, has come alive as a vibrant and exciting city in recent years. We put together a guide for Routes Europe delegates of some of the top things to do when visiting Northern Ireland’s capital.

Top 12 things to do in Belfast

Red Panda Escapes Zoo, May Be Roaming Neighborhoods

Red Panda Escapes Zoo, May Be Roaming Neighborhoods

A zoo held an 'escaped lion' drill and it was unintentionally hilarious

The internet is the gift that keeps on giving, and today it just doesn't get any better than a viral video of a lion "escape drill" at a Japanese zoo, performed with someone dressed in a full-on

Glenn Patterson's top 10 Belfast books

Glenn Patterson's latest novel, The Mill for Grinding Old People Young, is a tale of 19th-century Belfast. He picks the 10 titles that shaped his understanding of his city

Belfast teacher shouts to the top

Belfast teacher Annalisa Flanagan still top of the class for shouting.

NCAA basketball is coming to Belfast

The SSE Arena will be taken over this weekend as eight college teams and 400 players compete for the 2018 Belfast Basketball Classic. But how -- and why -- did NCAA basketball come to the U.K?

Lion escapes enclosure and kills worker before it’s shot dead

A lion was shot dead today after it escaped from its enclosure at a US nature reserve and killed a worker. The incident happened when an animal keeper was cleaning the lion’s enclosure at the…