This week in Akron history, canal commission awarded contracts, workers installed pipes, motorists bought maps and ...

Tamarr, who turns 20 years old on Aug. 25, will be monitored by veterinarians without anesthesia and may begin to spend less ...

An elderly male lion at the Akron Zoo, described as a “staple icon” has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, the zoo announced over the weekend.

This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Patricia Simmons, former director of Akron Zoo, passes away after 5 ...

Akron Zoo officials say they do not yet know the gender of the newborn ape since it is still bonding with its mom.

Brew at the Akron Zoo to include samples of beer and wine, mocktails, food trucks, animatronic dinosaurs this weekend.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) -The elderly male lion at the Akron Zoo has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and is under treatment, according to Akron Zoo officials. Tamarr, who will turn 20 on ...

The North Carolina Zoo announced on Monday that its director and CEO, Pat Simmons, has died after a five-year battle with ...

The CEO of the North Carolina Zoo has died. Pat Simmons, who began serving with the zoo in 2015, passed away after a five-year battle with cancer. In addition to CEO, she was also the director. Prior ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Zoo announced the passing of its longtime Director and CEO, Pat Simmons, who battled cancer for almost five years. According to the Zoo, Simmons was the ...

The Akron Zoo announces the birth of a baby white-cheeked gibbon, a critically endangered species, as Parker and Milo celebrate their second offspring.

Parker, one of the Akron Zoo’s white-cheeked gibbons, gave birth to a baby gibbon at 4:20 p.m., officials announced Friday evening.