Dr. Mike Nance, Abilene Zoo veterinarian (far right), examines the newborn giraffe on May 22, 2024, while staff keep the baby calm and steady. The baby clocked in at a whooping 6-foot-3-inches ...

The tallest animal in the world is a giraffe.They can grow as tall as 14 to 19 feet, and today the Abilene Zoo is celebrating ...

Raise your hand if you’ve eaten at the Abilene Zoo? If you’re the only one with your arm in the air, that’s nearly the reaction Zoo Director Jesse Pottebaum got when he posed the same ...

ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Zoo is excited to announce the arrival of three lions from the Fort Worth Zoo. One male and two female lions temporarily relocated from Fort Worth to Abilene.

"He is just a gentleman who I have admired," Cannon said. In March, a ceremony officially will name the Abilene Zoo lake at Nelson Park for Tittle. Already, a handsome chunk of limestone quarried ...

ABILENE, Texas - Advance tickets are now on sale for the city of Abilene's Boo at the Zoo event. City officials say the annual Halloween party at the Abilene Zoo is the zoo's "biggest event of the ...

ABILENE - One of the two American black bears at the Abilene Zoo died after apparently choking on a piece of meat. Boo Boo's body was found last week, 30 minutes after the bears were fed.

The Abilene Zoo has announced the latest animal to join the pack, and it is none other than a newborn female giraffe. Zoo staff has yet to name the baby, but it was born during the Zoolute ...

Estrella the jaguar at the Abilene Zoo. The jaguar escaped its enclosure Monday and attacked a spider monkey before it was tranquilized.(Abilene Zoo) Updated 4:35 p.m. on May 24: Revised to ...

Abilene Zoo-goers in search of jaguars were curious as to where they were Monday morning. “My daughter was — that’s what she was looking for when we came and so, we were a little ...