In honor of Mother's Day, moms got free access to Lowry Park Zoo on Sunday as long as they were accompanied by a paying son or daughter, giving visiting mothers the chance to check out some of the new animal moms and their offspring. In the past year several babies have been born. The most notable are Annakiya, a rare pygmy hippopotamus; RanDee, a baby orangutan; Tamani, an African elephant; and two Angolan colobus monkeys, Polly and Kenzie. ...more

May 11, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo is a prime spot for a new primate. A female orangutan was born late Sunday afternoon. Mother and daughter are doing well. ...more

August 8, 2008

TAMPA - Lowry Park Zoo is a prime spot for a new primate. ...more

August 7, 2008

Luna Bella is like most 10-year-old youngsters: curious to the point of getting into trouble. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA Luna Bella is like most 10-year-old kids: Curious to the point of getting into trouble. And that's likely what happened when the 85-pound orangutan hopped out of her enclosure at Busch Gardens' new Jungala exhibit Saturday, according to an orangutan expert familiar with the incident. ...more

May 19, 2008

TAMPA - State wildlife investigators were to be at Busch Gardens today to find out how an orangutan busted out of the new Jungala exhibit Saturday. ...more

May 19, 2008

Busch Gardens' new Jungala exhibit was shut down about 6:30 p.m. Saturday after a female orangutan scaled the exhibit and had to be guided to a safe area. ...more

May 18, 2008

A 55-year-old Sumatran orangutan, thought to be the world's oldest, died Saturday, according to a Miami zoo spokesman. ...more

December 30, 2007

There was no monkeying around. The primates went right to work ripping wrapping paper, throwing clothes to the ground and stuffing snacks into their mouths. ...more

December 15, 2007

TAMPA - There was no monkeying around. The primates went right to work ripping wrapping paper, throwing clothes to the ground and stuffing snacks into their mouths. ...more

December 14, 2007