WASHINGTON — The National Zoo is grieving the loss of a 7-year-old sloth named Athena, who died after a "sudden and irreversible" health decline. According to the National Zoo, Athena developed ...

She was 7 years old. Female two-toed sloths typically live about 13 years.

CHICAGO - The Shedd Aquarium is welcoming a new female Linné’s two-toed sloth named Alface. The name "Alface" means lettuce ...

Two Indianapolis Zoo rides are set for removal next year to free up more than an acre of space for new exhibits.

A female chimpanzee escaped her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday morning, prompting a lockdown and swift emergency response from zoo staff. The incident occurred at around 10 a.m. on Nov.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A female chimpanzee that escaped her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday morning has been returned and the zoo is operating normally. “At approximately 10 a.m., a female ...

A chimpanzee broke out of her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday morning, sparking a lockdown that trapped dozens of visitors — including 37 schoolchildren on a field trip. Jake Oakman, the ...

A chimpanzee got out of its enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo, forcing the zoo to be placed on lockdown.It all unfolded around 10 a.m. when the zoo said a female chimpanzee was seen outside her ...

A chimpanzee escaped its enclosure on Friday morning at the Indianapolis Zoo, forcing a lockdown for visitors for about two hours before the team managed to sedate and return her to the exhibit. The ...

Officials asked zoo guests to shelter in place after a chimpanzee was spotted outside of her enclosure at the Indianapolis Zoo Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WXIX) - An escaped chimpanzee led to a lockdown at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday. The chimpanzee was spotted outside of her exhibit around 10 a.m., according to the zoo’s Facebook ...

Nov. 14 (UPI) --Visitors to the Indianapolis Zoo on Friday morning were asked to shelter in place after a chimpanzee got loose from its enclosure for an adventure around the park. A female chimpanzee ...