To make way for a new cougar exhibit, the Birmingham Zoo plans to dig up and move about a dozen graves of people buried at the old cemetery on its grounds. Zoo officials have applied for a permit ...

When temperatures drop in Alabama, a visit to the Birmingham Zoo might not be the first item on your to-do list. But if kids ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — After receiving 8,200 votes, the Birmingham Zoo has announced the name of its baby giraffe. On April 17, a baby giraffe was born to parents Ruby and Jalil, expanding ...

The Birmingham Zoo is thrilled to announce the birth of a healthy female giraffe born to mother Ruby and father Jalil. Alabama’s baby reticulated giraffe was born on April 17, 2024 at 12:19 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Officials with the Birmingham Zoo confirmed via social media on Tuesday that the facility’s female lion, Akili, was killed during an introduction to a new male lion. News of ...

An Alabama zoo announced the birth of two male red panda cubs in late May. The two male cubs were born first-time parents Gizmo and Kodo. Sections. Listen.

Orphaned mountain lion cubs bond at Alabama zoo. ... After that, they’ll move into the Birmingham Zoo’s newly opened cougar habitat, where they’ll live with two other bobcats, ...

A female lion was fatally injured while being introduced to a newly acquired male companion at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama, officials said Tuesday. Akili, who was born in 2005 in Colorado ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - An Alabama zoo welcomed a special new addition to its animal population this week. The Birmingham Zoo said a baby female giraffe was born on Wednesday at 12:19 a.m.

Josh left the San Antonio Zoo in April and was taken to the Birmingham Zoo as part of the Lion Species Survival Plan. They then began the “careful process of introductions,” according to the post.

Akili, born in 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and had been at the Birmingham Zoo since 2007, couldn't be saved after being injured by a lion named Josh, who had been at the zoo since April ...