It's a girl! Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhino Wednesday. ...more

November 14, 2009

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

November 12, 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

Tales of romance abound in the most unlikely places, like fenced compounds and behind bars. ...more

February 13, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo officials say the three-hour tour of the zoo, for patrons 21 and older, "reveals some of the animal kingdom's most fascinating facts with entertaining stories of animal 'romance,' courtship and breeding behaviors." ...more

February 12, 2009

Busch Gardens has launched a soft opening of its Serengeti Night Safari, which offers special tours on select Friday and Saturday nights to observe nighttime behaviors of hippos, rhinos, lions and hyenas. The first tour was offered on Nov. 8. The excursions, only for guests 21 or older, cost $60 a person. Available dates and reservations can be obtained by calling 1-888-800-5447, going online to www.buschgardens.com or by visiting the Adventure Tour Center at the Moroccan Village area of the park. ...more

November 20, 2008

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

Conflicts Of Interest Regarding "Crisis In Leadership Threatens Support For Lowry Park Zoo" (Our Opinion, Sept. 18): ...more

September 27, 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