TAMPA, Fla. — The animals of Tampa Bay's zoos and aquariums are hunkering down ahead of Hurricane Helene's impact. The zoo at Busch Gardens, ZooTampa at Lowry Park and The Florida Aquarium downtown ...

Employees move an African porcupine named Chompers to a pet carrier at ZooTampa. A Florida zoo is closing down in preparation for Hurricane Milton. ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced on social media ...

(Reuters) -After millions of people were ordered to flee along Florida's Gulf Coast, the African elephants, Caribbean flamingos, pygmy hippos and about 1,000 other animals were riding out the ...

POWELL, Ohio -- An 18-month-old female manatee has arrived at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium from a zoo in Tampa, Florida. Columbus Zoo officials say Agua arrived Friday from Tampa's Lowery Park Zoo.

If it was too hot to take the kids to the zoo this summer, you're in luck. Several Florida zoos have great deals going on in September. Here's where to go. Now in its 30th year, the Brevard Zoo in ...

As Florida's Tampa Bay residents prepare for the impact of Hurricane Milton, the city's zoo and aquarium are working on emergency preparations for the animals as well. In a statement Tuesday, a ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park is ready for Hurricane Milton, as animals are ushered into new enclosures and the doors are closed to visitors. "We all take hurricanes seriously, and we prepare the best that ...

Hurricane Milton is projected to make landfall on Florida's west coast between late Wednesday and early Thursday Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A Florida zoo is closing down in preparation for Hurricane Milton. ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced on social media that it would close its doors to guests from Tuesday, Oct. 8, through at least ...