From the last thylacine to Mollie the drinking, smoking orangutan, little Punch the monkey is the latest in a long line of lonely zoo animals.

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Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences, which has produced a trio of modern-day dire wolves and the woolly mouse, seeks to bring back extinct species.

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Enter the world of four-week old baby meerkats at Tasmania Zoo. Three babies were born at the Riverside facility in February ...

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A fatal crash prompted a closure of northbound I-65 south of Hobart, Ind. late Saturday afternoon, state police said. The driver of a pickup truck involved in the crash was arrested after showing ...

Police have been searching for Belgian tourist, 31, since she went missing near Cradle Mountain in June 2023 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free ...

While keepers aren’t supposed to play favourites, Lowe admitted baby meerkats rank highly among the zoo’s more exciting arrivals. “Baby meerkats are definitely up there in t ...