Chester Zoo welcomed an eastern black rhino calf, one of the world's rarest mammals, in 2023. Researchers also sighted ...

A reader comment in last week’s “War Horse” assessment sparked me to an element of this year’s Oscar season that I hadn’t even noticed: Dartmoor’s time in the spotlight. The Dartmoor moorland in South ...

We Bought a Zoo is an American biographical drama film based on the life of Benjamin Mee, who is best known as the buyer of Dartmoor Zoological Park. In the film, Mee buys an almost ruined zoo with ...

A rare leopard cub has been born in a zoo in a "huge milestone" for the critically endangered species. Bosses at Dartmoor Zoo in Devon announced the successful birth of the Amur leopard cub to parents ...

Bosses at a Devon zoo are hopeful a rare leopard's arrival will result in a breeding programme for the species. Dartmoor Zoo welcomed a female Amur leopard called Lena to the Sparkwell site on ...

We may have studied animals; we may love animals. We may hate zoos; we may love them. But who can actually claim to own one? Through chance, the steadfast “look-the-other-way” support of his family ...

We Bought a Zoo unfolds the heartwarming tale of a widowed father, Benjamin Mee, who embarks on a life-altering journey. He starts anew and buys a rundown zoo to overcome their collective grief. The ...

There really is a Benjamin Mee, and he and his family really did buy a zoo. The Dartmoor Zoological Park in Devon, England, was opened in 1968, closed in 2006 and then was purchased by the Mee family.

LONDON -- Police say a 2-year-old male lynx has escaped from a zoo in southwestern England. The wild animal -- about the size of a large domestic cat -- escaped from the Dartmoor Zoological Park on ...

An escaped lynx that was missing in Devon for more than three weeks has been captured. Flaviu was reported missing from Dartmoor Zoological Park near Plymouth on July 7, triggering a search involving ...

This Valentine's Day, Dartmoor Zoo is offering customers an unusual way to mark the day of love. For a £5 donation to the zoo, people can name a cockroach in honour of someone and receive a ...