Houston Zoo's final report is 26 pages long — and filled with A's and A-pluses. "It's like the Good Housekeeping seal, or American Medical Association stamp of approval," Ehmke says.

Its arrival marks the first time in nearly 30 a hatchling of its kind is being raised by its parents at The Houston Zoo. The Houston Zoo is thrilled to celebrate one of its newest fathers after a ...

These guys are going to need some really big mats. Elephants at the Houston Zoo have been keeping limber by taking up one of the latest human crazes — yoga. Each day, all of the zoo’s 12 ...

Slow and steady, Mr. Pickles. A tortoise in Texas has become a first-time dad at 90 years old, the Houston Zoo announced last week. Mr. Pickles is a radiated tortoise who is the oldest animal ...

The radiated tortoise is the oldest animal at the Houston Zoo. He has been with his partner, Mrs. Pickles, since she arrived in 1996. The mom and hatchlings are doing fine. By McKenna Oxenden The ...