Ticketholders are guided Jan. 12 to the enclosure at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo where the giant panda twins are on limited public display. (Kotaro Ebara) The winning ratio of the ticket lottery was 348.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Roger Williams Park Zoo will be welcoming a dozen Humboldt penguins to Providence this spring, 12 News has learned. The six pairs of penguins are coming from Peru ...

The first Asian elephant born at Tokyo's Ueno zoo in its 138-year history was finally put on show to visitors Dec. 1, and officials said mother and calf are doing well. Asian elephants are a ...

The African penguin chicks hatched just before Christmas, but the news of their birth was announced March 11 on the Saginaw Children’s Zoo’s Facebook page. Both penguins are male and were born ...

Formerly part of Kaneiji Temple, Ueno Park is now home to the Ueno Zoo (considered Japan's oldest zoo), six museums, a number of shrines and temples, and more than 1,000 cherry blossom trees.