...of the economy we're in, COSI is doing fabulously." Weiler still thinks that COSI needs solid long-term revenue , similar to what the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium receives from property taxes. Julie Greer , 42, of Gahanna likes the fact...

In this article: COSI Columbus, Columbus College of Art & Design, Kathryn Sullivan, Franklin County, Revenue, Graham School, and Central High School

...a knee ligament and falling. Despite its stance that "it is inappropriate to keep highly social female elephants singly," the Association of Zoos and Aquariums renewed a variance last year that grants the zoo until March to find Lucky a...

In this article: Asian Elephant, Arthritis, USDA, San Antonio Zoo, California, and Endangered species

The National Zoo's oldest male sloth bear , Merlin , died Wednesday after surgery to repair a partially twisted spleen. It was the zoo's third animal death in a month. Zoo officials said Merlin had a history of gastric volvulus , or a...

In this article: Sloth Bear, National Zoo, Surgery, Scimitar-horned oryx, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Cardiac arrest, Volvulus, and Front Royal, Va.

...-- A jury acquitted a mentally troubled man Tuesday of charges that he unlawfully disturbed two bears when he went into the San Francisco Zoo's grizzly grotto. Kenneth Herron , 21, had been accused of trespassing and disturbing...

In this article: Misdemeanor, Tyson Beckford, and San Francisco Zoo

...mission is to tweet about anything free, we know what we'll be doing if the Phillies win: If the Phillies win the World Series , the Philadelphia Zoo will offer Free admission. Will the Bronx Zoo do the same? If the Yanks ante up and offer...

In this article: Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, World Series, Bronx Zoo, Twitter, Yankee Stadium, Philadelphia Zoo, and United States

...FRANCISCO -- A judge has thrown out a trespassing charge against a man accused of making his way into the grizzly bear enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Wallace Douglass tossed out the misdemeanor...

In this article: Misdemeanor, Grizzly Bear, ADHD, San Francisco Zoo, and Associated Press

...wins round in court:/c/a/2009/11/02/BAJ01AE4KH.DTL A judge tossed out a trespassing charge Monday against a man who sneaked into the San Francisco Zoo's grizzly bear grotto, leaving the defendant facing just a misdemeanor count of...

In this article: Defendant, Misdemeanor, Grizzly Bear, and San Francisco Zoo

... Girafa goes on to explain his connection to San Jose , saying he was raised there. "I was a deformed baby and placed for sale because the San Francisco Zoo had no place for half-breeds," he said. "My owners from San Jose purchased me and I...

In this article: Giraffe, San Jose, San Francisco, and San Francisco Zoo

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Zoo says "Phans" are invited to enjoy America 's "Phirst" Zoo the day immediately following a Phillies World Series victory when they bring an item to be donated to a local animal shelter. For suggested...

In this article: Orangutan, Yankees, Philadelphia Zoo, and Philadelphia

...costume this year? Check out the National Retail Federation's top 10 lists of costumes for kids and adults for 2009 to find out. The Houston Zoo celebrates Halloween with Zoo Boo. Fun activities are held for the whole family.

In this article: Halloween, Galveston Bay, Breast cancer, National Retail Federation, and University of Phoenix

And by the way we have the Magna Carta at Fraunces Tavern now, but New York has so much going on, people don't even know it's here! The Philadelphia Zoo has rare white lions, but we have a snow leopard right in the Central Park Zoo , with...

In this article: Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Cheesesteak, World Series, Philadelphia, New York, American Idol, Champagne, and Sandwich

For the Metrozoo , getting the two adult harpy birds to mate had been a challenge in itself. The birds, which the Miami zoo loaned from the San Diego Zoo seven years ago, didn't gel right away, and it took a few months for the couple to warm up...

In this article: Miami MetroZoo, Ron Magill, God, Club Med, The Miami Herald, San Diego Zoo, Panama, and U.S.

...Somewhere in Huntington Beach dogs are preparing to be dressed as sushi, geishas and other such nonsense (we say that lovingly). And at the San Francisco Zoo , more exotic animals such as chimpanzees are celebrating with pumpkins and chimp-safe...

In this article: Halloween, Chimpanzee, San Francisco Zoo, Pumpkin, Dog, Santa Barbara Zoo, San Diego Zoo, Huntington Beach, and California

...research efforts to stop chytridiomycosis are underway. STRI has hosted many of the scientists who have documented the decline. The Houston Zoo set up the El Valle Amphibian Rescue Center to try to save Panama 's emblematic golden frog.

In this article: Panama, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Chytridiomycosis, Universidad de los Andes, and Houston Zoo

...Journal - by Greg Barr Senior Reporter Different kinds of animals tend to exhibit interesting social behaviors. Now the Houston Zoo hopes its human guests will take to a new iPhone application that taps into social networking Web...

In this article: Iphone, Houston Zoo, Itunes, Twitter, Woodland Park Zoo, Austin, Houston, and Seattle

...the shooting death of a man who was found slumped over in the driver's seat of his vehicle along the Interstate 35E service road near the Dallas Zoo this morning. Dallas police examine the car in which a man was found shot to death along...

In this article: Dallas police, Dallas Zoo, Wfaa-tv, Toyota Camry, and Jordan

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:38 AM POWELL , Ohio - Fluffy, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's 24-foot long reticulated Python, may find a second home in the record books. Fluffy could be recognized as the longest snake to be raised in...

In this article: Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Dispatch Broadcast Group, Guinness Book of World Records, and Ohio

Chris Bednarski , a Houston Zoo herpetology senior keeper, holds a Houston toad in the Houston Toad Head-starting Program at the Houston Zoo. HOUSTON - In the nightly pondside chorus, the Houston toad sings soprano. Its clear, high cry,...

In this article: Houston, Houston Zoo, Bastrop County, Raccoon, Endangered species, Calcium, and Texas Parks and Wildlife