TACOMA, Wash. — After nearly 20 years, a rare agave plant is in full bloom at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The zoo said a mature Agave parryi var. truncata in the Desert Garden is in full ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tacoma-area zoo had to close its doors to visitors due to winter weather on Friday, March 13, and its resident animals made the ...

Tacoma is welcoming a new Sumatran tiger. According to a news release from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the new arrival – a 6-year-old female named Mawar – came all the way from Australia. She is ...

Zoolights, the annual outdoor light display at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, opens Friday. For the first time, the zoo will allow visitors to bring their dogs on five select nights in ...

Kinkajous are exotic animals native to the tropical rainforests of South and Central America. But this weekend, one such “honey bear” was captured at a Yakima rest stop and transported to its ...

A Malayan tapir calf was born at the Tacoma zoo on Feb. 2. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and ...

I think all of us need to veg out and "aww" over baby animal videos from time to time. Life is stressful, and sometimes you just need some baby animal cuteness to reset your brain. And if you've ...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Point Defiance Zoo in Washington is introducing a new male Sumatran tiger from the Honolulu Zoo. Zoo officials hope Malosi and the zoo's female tiger Jaya will produce cubs. The ...

A kinkajou found at a rest stop near Yakima is in quarantine at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Kinkajous are exotic animals native to the ...