BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- Brookfield Zoo's oldest animal turned 50 on Saturday. Adelaide, a short-beaked echidna was presented with a nutritious birthday cake topped with one of her favorite delicacies - ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio (WDTN) — Happy birthday Fritz! Cincinnati’s youngest hippo is turning 1 year old on Aug. 3 — which also happens to be World Watermelon Day. According to the Cincinnati Zoo and ...

Rudi is the oldest male orangutan in North America, according to the zoo. He's also the zoo's longest resident and they have the baby pictures to prove it. Rudi was only two months old when he arrived ...

Birthday celebrations are the perfect reason to celebrate someone, whether they have two legs or four. In fact, throwing a birthday party for a pet can sometimes be more fun than throwing one for ...

ST. LOUIS — People didn't let a little rain keep them from a big birthday celebration on Thursday. The St. Louis Zoo celebrated Raja the elephant as he turned 26. Raja was the first Asian elephant ...