One might forgive Fernando the capybara if he looked a little uncertain about his new arrangement. Late last year, Dia, the female capybara he's moving in with, left her former companion fatally ...

Wellington faced extreme weather. A red wind warning was issued. Gusts reached 160 kph. Thousands were without power.

Sundar is his name; Khusi is hers. Matchmakers in New Zealand introduced them—in the red panda habitat of the Wellington Zoo. Objective: reproduction. Global networks of captive-breeding ...

In December last year, Australia Zoo opened four luxury cabins - Crocodile Cabins - overlooking new habitat with a five-metre waterfall and a natural spring-fed billabong covered by lilies and reeds.