The Lucky Litter: Wolf Pups Rescued from Wildfire

The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family is now available in a sturdy board book edition. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the oth...

"Public and school libraries as well as classrooms...will enjoy this package...makes an excellent introduction or follow-up to a zoo field trip." - School Library Journal

Zoos are amazing places to see and learn about the many native and exotic of animals that inhabit this world. Some animals are plentiful while others are threatened or in danger of extinction. Zookeepers not only feed and care for these animals, the...

A rhinoceros is always ready for a fight! One or two horns protrude from its head. These horns are used as weapons against other rhinos and predators. Beginning readers will learn how rhinos use their horns in battle and discover that they can regro...

This article describes the ways in which zookeepers at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo created optimal conditions for a baby Northern spider tortoise to hatch. The tortoises are rare due to poachers in Madagascar selling them as pets.

Learn why zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio had to start acting like gorilla mothers.

A zookeeper helps to move Skylar, a Sumatran tiger, from the Dallas Zoo in Texas to the San Francisco Zoo in California.

There is more than one way for animals to prepare for winter. Some, such as mice, foxes, and moose, simply tolerate the cold. Of course, black bears hibernate, but chipmunks, wood frogs, and garter snakes do too. And then there are the creatures tha...

Giraffes are the tallest land mammals on Earth! They're tall enough to reach the leaves of trees, which they eat with their 20-inch tongues. In this book, children will learn how a giraffe's height is both an advantage and a disadvantage.