Zoo

See who’s the boss: 18kg deer squares off with 1.7-tonne rhino at Poland zoo

A deer named Daddy Munchkin squares off with Marushka, the rhino, in this screengrab off a video posted by the Wroclaw Zoo in Poland.

Zoo visitors in Malaysia thrilled as panda enclosure opens to public

Zoo Negara's Giant Panda Conservation Centre with its star residents Chen Xing and Xiao Yue was officially opened to the public on Jan 10.

Wolf captured after escaping enclosure at zoo in western Tokyo, visitors flee to safety

According to the Tama Zoological Park in Hino, Japan, a zoo attendant spotted the wolf on a public pathway.

What seeing a whale shark taught me about zoos

dacol21 - The whale shark Jinta at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is nearly 9m long.
ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG

Crowds line up at Japan’s Ueno zoo on first weekend since panda departure announced

Pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei have lived at Ueno zoo in Tokyo, Japan since they were born in 2021.

At Tokyo zoo, visitors fear a spat with China will cost Japan its pandas

Thousands of people descended on the zoo after seeing news alerts warning that Japan would soon be panda-less for the first time in more than half a century.

Japan’s last two giant pandas are headed to China and fans just cannot bear it

Four-year-old giant panda Xiao Xiao eats bamboo at Ueno Zoo, a day after news broke that Japan will return two giant pandas to China at the end of January 2026, in Tokyo, Japan, December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Over 700 animals at Indonesia zoo at risk of starvation amid legal dispute

A four-day-old Malayan tapir in its enclosure at Bandung Zoo, which was ordered to close on Aug 6, in Bandung, West Java, on Nov 17.

Penguins queue in Paris zoo for their yearly bird flu jabs

A Humboldt penguin is checked by medical staff before vaccination against bird flu at the Paris Vincennes Zoological Park.

Panda pair Chen Xing and Xiao Yue settling into new home in Malaysia; distinct personalities emerge

The pair of giant pandas are in Malaysia for a 10-year stay under an extended China-Malaysia panda conservation agreement.

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