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I explored the ruins of an abandoned zoo on the coast of Florida, and it was completely overrun by nature

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The author in front of an abandoned zoo enclosure (L) and another abandoned structure in the Crandon Park Zoo's ruins.
The author in front of an abandoned zoo enclosure (L) and another abandoned structure in the Crandon Park Zoo's ruins in Florida.

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Apes can remember friends they haven't seen for over 25 years, a new study shows. That's longer than a dolphin's memory.

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Two chimps interacting while on some tree branches.
Apes, which bonobos and chimpanzees, are highly social.

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Cops seized nearly 100 animals found starving in 'filthy' habitats from a Virginia zoo. They also found animal body parts.

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A close up of a zebra.
A zebra.

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Man found half-eaten by zoo tigers after one of the apex predators was seen with a shoe in its mouth

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A tiger behind a fence in a zoo setting - stock photo
A tiger behind a fence in a zoo setting - stock photo

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World's 'saddest' elephant dies after more than 40 years alone in a concrete pen at Manila Zoo

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Visitors watch a 38-year-old elephant named
Visitors watch the elephant named "Mali" inside an enclosure at Manila zoo in 2013.

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How might one get pandas to mate? Try leg workouts.

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Two giant pandas lying on rocks.
Giant pandas Tian Tian, left, and Mei Xiang, right, sleep on rocks in their enclosure at the National Zoo.

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Chinese Zoo Insists Its Malayan Sun Bear Is Not Just a Human in a Costume

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A Chinese zoo is denying that its Malayan sun bears are humans dressed in costumes after visitors claimed the bears’ behaviors strongly resembled that of a person.

An Asian elephant learned to peel her own bananas with her trunk — and may have figured it out after watching her caretaker do it for her

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Al elephant holding a banana in their trunk.
An elephant at the Berlin Zoo really likes peeling her bananas.

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A Better Way to Track Polar Bears: Stick a Burr in Their Fur

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Researchers at Polar Bears International, York University, and 3M are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for developing a burr-like tracking device that sticks to polar bears’ fur.

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Zookeepers were stumped when a female gibbon got pregnant while alone in her cage. 2 years later they say there was a tiny hole that she and a neighboring male used to copulate through.

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White-handed gibbons, or lar gibbons, pair.
White-handed gibbons are typically monogamous and form a lifelong bond.

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