Last week, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens lost a western lowland gorilla to highly contagious shigella bacteria. Now 2 ...

On any given day their patients may include tigers, jaguars, manatees, elephants, and venomous snakes at the Jacksonville Zoo ...

Jacksonville's award-winning zoo is getting a new name to put an emphasis on its lush gardens.

Guests can visit the award-winning zoo for $5 on select days in July. Find out when Five Dollar Days return to Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

This year, the zoo flew 24,485 critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles out to repopulate their native wild habitat. That is nearly double the total number released since the zoo's ...

A 2024 shigella outbreak killed five Jacksonville Zoo apes. What you should know about the highly contagious illness that can affect humans, too.

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday for a new exhibit featuring one of Florida’s most beloved and well-known animals.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A week after welcoming a newborn zebra, zookeepers are mourning the death of aging zebra that had been a fixture of the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens for nearly a decade ...

Jacksonville Zoo lost five apes to shigella in 2024. The five deaths, according to spokeswoman Emily Long, devastated zoo staff, particularly health and care teams.