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 ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park is undergoing it's largest expansion ever with its Straz Family Manatee Rescue Center and ‘Florida ...

(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 ...

There are a number of events taking place on Veterans Day in the Bay area. We've compiled some of them below. Join the City in honoring local veterans at the annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday at ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAMPA, Fla. (WJW) – Human residents are not ...

As freezing and near-freezing weather swept across much of the Sunshine State in the first real cold week of the winter, we weren't the only ones that had to manage the chilly temps. Animals get cold, ...

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 ...