Oregon Zoo

The Oregon Zoo uses radiographs to monitor the health of their over 2,000 animals. But these X-ray images are more than just diagnostic tools — they’re a beautiful view of these elaborate animal skeletons. “For me,” says Director of Animal Health Carlos Sanchez, “it’s just like looking at a piece of art.”

In a press release, zoo leaders said the bear, named Takoda, went under cardiac arrest while under anesthesia. Staff performed CPR for more than 30 minutes, but they couldn’t revive him.

From elephants to otters to armadillos, all sorts of animals get a kick out stomping, rolling and eating the orange gourds.

Three Rodrigues flying foxes, a type of bat, were born at the Oregon Zoo this month, adding to a population once considered among the most imperiled on earth.

No one knows why so many young elephants like Lily at the Oregon Zoo die from a usually harmless elephant virus. But there's a global effort to save them.

California condors have made a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction, but proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act could have dire consequences for nature’s master recyclers.

The Oregon Zoo opened a $17 million education center that will be an entry point for school visits and house some of the zoo's signature education programs.