Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros Wednesday. ...more

November 12, 2009

Jamie, an endangered Indian rhinoceros at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, snuggles with her calf, born a month ago Friday. The two are on exhibit, mainly limited to morning hours, as the calf continues to grow and explore her surroundings. A contest to name the baby continues through Friday at www.lowryparkzoo.com/rhino_poll/index.html, with a selection of Hindi names beginning with the letter "J" in honor of the mother. ...more

August 8, 2009

and then run back to the protection of her mother. Lowry Park Zoo's 3-week-old baby Indian rhinoceros went on display Thursday for the first time and will be available for public viewing mainly in the mornings. The still-unnamed baby weighed 75 to 80 pounds at birth but has been packing on the pounds since; baby rhinos typically gain 100 pounds their first month. ...more

July 31, 2009

A team from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums is sifting through information gleaned from records and the examination of operations last week during a 2 1/2 day visit to Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

October 16, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio said she wants to find out more about a now-defunct plan to hand over a baby rhinoceros from Lowry Park Zoo to a private exotic-animal park owned by the zoo's chief executive officer. ...more

September 16, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio said she is concerned about a deal that would have handed over a baby rhinoceros from Lowry Park Zoo to a private theme park owned by the zoo's chief executive officer. ...more

September 15, 2008

TAMPA - Some people come to the Tampa Police Department's impound lot to reclaim a car. Dominique Martinez and Drew Danecki arrived there today to retrieve a rhino. ...more

July 11, 2008