The Oakland Zoo closed 30 minutes early after it was reported that there was a fire near the animal park on Saturday. Fire ...

A two-alarm vegetation fire on Saturday prompted an evacuation at the Oakland Zoo out of an abundance of caution. Oakland ...

OAKLAND, California (WJW) – A young spider monkey named Violeta is enjoying her new home at the Oakland Zoo after being rescued alongside rattlesnakes during a drug bust last month.

Violeta the adorable spider monkey has come out of quarantine at the Oakland Zoo, where she’s being cared for after she was rescued from a drug bust in May. On Friday, June 6, the Oakland Zoo ...

Bottlenose dolphin born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, the zoo's first dolphin birth since 2014 “Every birth is a remarkable learning opportunity, and the scientific information we gain benefits ...

Prior to the announcement that the zoo would not move to Elk Grove, the Sacramento Zoological Society had transferred approximately $1.9 million in new zoo donations to the city of Elk Grove.

A bottlenose dolphin delivered a calf Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, a “momentous occasion” that marks the first dolphin birth there in more than a decade.

Oakland becomes the second city in the state to implement automated speed cameras, after San Francisco, following the passage of Assembly Bill 645 in the state legislature.

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first moved from El Paso, Texas, to Southern California, where she had to ...

Fern and Thistle, two orphaned mountain lion cubs, will call the Phoenix Zoo their “fur-ever” home. The two cubs will be transferred from the Oakland Zoo to Phoenix in the coming weeks and get ...

This is our war!” during an interfaith vigil in support of Los Angeles immigrants and protests organized by Bay Resistance at the Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.