The last in the run, sadly, because the results of these simple psychological experiments have been, at times, staggering. This week: obedience and the power of authority. An actor wearing a ...

BARAC national co-chair Zita Holbourne tweeted after receiving the confirmation: “The human zoo is completely closed down for good, we did it! Racist crap Brett Bailey done gone.” Hipster venue The ...

A pygmy hippopotamus was seen swimming underwater by the public for the first time on Tuesday at Berlin Zoo. Through a glass wall, the visitors were able to watch Toni and her fellow hippos in their ...

Thousands of giant spiders 'the size of a human hand' are on the loose in the UK after a zoo decided to let them run free. The creepy crawlies were specially bred in test tubes and their ...

Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft spiders, which grow to be as big as a human hand, a decade ago. There are now over 10,000 breeding females across the UK, said to be an all time high.

But is there more to zoos than public amusement? Since the days of the first menageries, when wild animals were caged for human pleasure, zoos and public opinion on zoos have been mixed.

The Endangered Ark Foundation is one of at least 900 facilities in the U.S. that offers human interactions with ... some of these places -- known as roadside zoos -- are not accredited by the ...

And the animals won’t be alone: 12 workers have volunteered to stay behind at the zoo, which lies in an evacuation zone. “We have the staff there that know them and can watch and monitor their ...

But not the zoo and aquarium animals of Tampa. With staff members hurriedly preparing around them, the animals are chomping away on shrimp or eucalyptus as the area’s biggest threat in a century ...