The zoo announced the death of the seven-year-old sloth on its Facebook page Friday, and the difficult decision Wildlife Health Care staff made to humanely euthanize the animal. Continue reading →

Kindia, a 12-year-old female, gave birth to a female calf on Aug. 10. Continue reading →

The plant is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and smells like rotting meat while blooming, which attracts carrion flies and beetles for pollination. Continue reading →

The zoo will extend its hours to allow visitors to see the plant. Continue reading →

Over the past 100 years, the pygmy hippo’s habitat has declined dramatically due to logging, farming and human settlement. Continue reading →

The zoo’s Native Bat Conservation Program says the northern myotis is one of four endangered bat species in Ontario. Continue reading →

“Especially with Father’s Day this weekend, we felt it was a nice break to honour our silverback, our patriarch,” she said. Continue reading →

Twenty-year-old Western Lowland gorilla Ngozi gave birth to the baby early Thursday, according to a statement from the zoo. Continue reading →

The Calgary Zoo is getting ready for the arrival of the four giant pandas moving to Calgary for the next five years. Continue reading →

Da Mao and Er Shun, plus offspring Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, will be the first pandas to visit Calgary since the 1988 Olympics and will take up residence in a multimillion-dollar facility at the Calgary Zoo built expressly for their arrival. Continue reading →