PITTSBURGH — A sea otter at the Pittsburgh Zoo has turned 20. On Friday, the zoo shared photos of Alki the otter celebrating his birthday. Marine mammal keepers set up special decorations to make sure ...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium reported Tuesday that its northern elephant seal, Coolio, died during a veterinary procedure. According to zoo officials, gross necropsy results indicated that 7-year ...

An animal rights group’s lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium is moving forward.

Snowflake, the beloved polar bear at the Pittsburgh Zoo, celebrated her 30th birthday. The zoo says Snowflake, who is one of the oldest polar bears in human care in an accredited facility in the ...

In April, I visited the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium and recorded hours of footage of the elephant paddock. With a mission for detecting abnormal signs and symptoms, what I found was deeply disturbing.

Having birthday celebrations is really more of a human thing, but where the Pittsburgh Zoo is concerned, that's not necessarily true — especially when it comes to celebrating an animal who has become ...

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If you’re looking for something guaranteed to make your day, the Pittsburgh Zoo’s video of their penguins playing in the snow will do the trick. It’s one of those clips that’s impossible not to watch ...

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Pittsburgh, PA) A lawsuit from an animal rights group against the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium is now moving forward. The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) ...