Aug 4, 2014: This photo provided by the Gladys Porter Zoo shows Oscar, a black bear a few minutes before he managed to climb out of his exhibit area at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas ...

With 31 acres and some 1,500 creatures representing 400 species (50 of them endangered), the Gladys Porter Zoo is regarded as one of the finest small-town zoos in the nation.

Sihil the ocelot travels from the Cincinnati Zoo to Brownsville, Texas, as part of National Ocelot Conservation Day.

The wait is finally over! The Gladys Porter Zoo is opening the long-awaited “Soaring Eagle” Zipline this week! The zipline attraction will open to ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Divers are clearing out debris from a resaca, or a former channel, at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville.

An Andean bear will soon be headed to Texas after escaping his enclosure from the St. Louis Zoo in Missouri twice last month.

Incubators have been brought in and zoo staff are working around the clock to try to keep alive dozens of baby monkeys that have been illegally smuggled into South Texas from Mexico.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A gorilla born last month at a South Texas zoo has been ignored by her mother so the animal will be sent to an Ohio zoo and introduced to a new troop. Officials with the ...

Bebop, a male white rhino, left, interacts with a female at Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The staff is excited to have breeding-age rhinos on site.

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The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville is mourning the death of one of its newest giraffes, who was euthanized after sustaining a severe hip injury, possibly while attempting to mate with another ...

The Saint Louis Zoo announced Tuesday Ben, and Andean bear who escaped twice, will be headed to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.