The alert was "mistakenly activated," and "there was no emergency," a rep for the zoo told PEOPLE in a statement Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A false alarm sparked chaos at Melbourne Zoo in Australia earlier today as patrons feared there was a baboon on the loose. Visitors to the zoo were either evacuated or put into lockdown this afternoon ...

An adorable giraffe calf at Melbourne Zoo has recently been given a name following a public vote.Zoos Victoria announced that the calf was to be named Zambezi, after the name won almost 60 percent of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (KTVU) - A baby Pygmy Hippo made his first public swimming appearance at the Melbourne Zoo. According to the Melbourne Zoo, the 3-week old calf named Obi, has been learning to ...

MELBOURNE Zoo has today confirmed the death of another one of its “kings”, elderly lion Chaka, just three months after his brother Zuri. Remaining brother Harare is now the only lion at the zoo. Zoo ...

Staff at Melbourne Zoo celebrated the birth of two meerkat pups – the first to be born there in five years, footage from November 6 shows. The two pups were born on October 17 and spent their first ...

A group of zoogoers in Australia started the year with a fright. On Tuesday, visitors at the Melbourne Zoo went into temporary lockdown after an emergency alarm was accidentally triggered, informing ...