The baby panda who has become an overnight celebrity in Japan is a girl. Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Friday the panda, born June 12, was ruled a female by examining experts. It's difficult to determine the gender of a panda newborn. The zoo had also been careful ...

Some serious monkey business! A male chimpanzee named Chacha escaped from a zoo in Sendai, Japan, and led police and zookeepers on a nearly two-hour chase through a residential area on Thursday, April 14. Chacha is one of the five chimpanzees kept at ...

The next time you’re at the Honolulu zoo, you’ll have a new exhibit to check out! Four Japanese giant salamanders have just arrived. They came from a sister zoo in Hiroshima, Japan called Asa Zoo. Officials say the Japanese giant salamander population ...

As we reported on Monday, the newborn daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. But halfway around the world, another auspicious baby naming was underway at Japan's Mount Takasaki Wild Monkey Park. As is ...