A Baltimore area woman, bitten on the hand by a cobra in a Baltimore parking lot Sunday night, is alive today following quick work by a bi-state team of emergency responders that included poison control, police, doctors at Johns Hopkins, and staff at the Philadelphia Zoo.

After 8 months of waiting, the Philadelphia Zoo is pleased to welcome a new addition to its animal family. Tua, the Zoo’s 16-year-old Sumatran orangutan, gave birth to a baby on the morning of October 2 at approximately 8 a.m.. Click here to learn more.

A year-long series of events in honor of the Philadelphia Zoo charter takes flight March 21, 2009!

Discover our new bundle of joy today! See our new sifaka baby inside PECO Primate Reserve.

Love is in the air at the Philadelphia Zoo.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 was a historic day in America.

The winning image, entitled “Awareness,” created by student artist Caitlin Fennelly, was selected from artwork by eligible second, third, and fourth-year students.

Donnie Mills, executive vice-president and general manager of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, made good on his bet with Philadelphia Zoo president & CEO Vikram H. Dewan by greeting (and getting booed by) guests arriving for Busch Garden's recent nighttime Halloween event in full Phillies garb.

The brand-new environmentally "green" Carousel opens to the public during the family-friendly Boo at the Zoo festivities October 25-26.

A group of 11 to 13-year-old campers have been caring for dozens of diamondback terrapins at the Zoo for weeks.

Watch as exotic black-and-white ruffed lemurs experience life on their new island located in the middle of Bird Lake.

Twigga, who at 29 was among the oldest giraffes in the U.S., has been euthanized. She had been on pain management medications related to her age-related arthritis for some time.

Petal, 52, a resident of the Philadelphia Zoo for more than a half-century, died this morning.