Last Saturday was the International Vigil for Elephants — a day to remember elephants who died in captivity in the past year. Fortunately, the two elephants in the Bronx Zoo are still alive, but Happy ...

It’s anyone’s guess whether Patty and Happy, the 50-something elephants who’ve been longtime residents of the Bronx Zoo, are in fact happy. But the City Council, apparently having solved the problems ...

Mystery surrounds Happy, the famous Bronx Zoo elephant who has been the subject of fierce legal battles, with the 53-year-old elephant having not been seen in public for months. In recent weeks, ...

A Brooklyn pol wants to force the Bronx Zoo to give up the Big Apple’s last remaining elephants. A bill introduced this past week by Democratic Councilwoman Shahana Hanif in essence would ban elephant ...

Happy, a female Asian elephant in her early 50s kept at New York’s Bronx Zoo since 1977, had not been seen in her exhibit for months, leading to allegations from activists. On Thursday, Bronx Zoo ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Pattycake, the first gorilla born in New York City, has died at the Bronx Zoo. She was 40 years old and suffering from chronic cardiac problems. The Wildlife Conservation Society, ...

On April 29th, the Bronx Zoo made a huge announcement in the animal world. The first king vulture chick in three decades hatched at the zoo on February 25th and is healthy and growing quickly! In a ...