A New York Zoo offered a sneak preview of some of the artwork that will be available at its upcoming gala auction: creations by animals including penguins, giraffes, sloths, capybaras and others.

A Costco chocolate cake left on a deck is fair game to a Gretna neighborhood opossum, who is recovering at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab.

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo has been nominated for USA TODAY’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards in four different categories.

Its Dec. 15 birth at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska — which was announced Jan. 15 — marked the second Humboldt penguin birth of the year for parents Sharkbait and John Henry ...

It was a long winter in early 1984, but the Henry Doorly Zoo was ready to start its new season — rain or shine.

The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has been nominated for Best Zoo in the USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. The Desert Dome was nominated for Best Exhibit, while the Wildlife Safari Park is up ...

Ewelt announced on Jan. 30 that he would be leaving his role as the zoo's Executive Director in April and heading to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, where he will serve as its Chief Zoological Officer.