A male sheep and female deer who have apparently fallen in love at the Yunnan Zoo have become the latest internet stars after a series of pictures posted by the zoo on Sina Weibo went viral. more ›

At the Beijing Zoo, of course! That's right, folks. If you make your way to the zoo in that friendly city up north, you may not be able to feed the animals you see, but you'll be more than welcome to put them in your mouth. Other exotic dishes on the menu: crocodile, scorpion, peacock, ostrich egg and shark fin soup, all for very affordable prices at between 100 and 1000RMB! Conservationists have been outraged since the Legal Daily reported on the zoo's menu, but as The Guardian reports, the sale of exotic animal meats at the zoo has gone on for years with approval from the authorities. What on earth have Chinese conversationists been doing all these years, you wonder? more ›

In this video, a hapless zookeeper is outwitted by two mischievous panda cubs. One playfully distracts him long enough for the other to open the zoo gate. Both then make a dash for the real world. Oh pandas, if only you knew how ill-adapted to the real world you guys really were. more ›

Feel like walking on the wild side for the upcoming October holidays? Then check out the new Shanghai Wild Animal Park exhibit that just opened yesterday. Called "The Carnival of Animals," the new exhibit has over 1000 types of nine rare species, all there to help celebrate the 60th Anniversary. If you go between now and October 30th, you'll be able to see: more ›

Zookeepers at Polar Land in Harbin, China have observed a pair of gay penguins trying to dupe other straight penguins by placing stones in front of them before waddling away with their eggs thinking no one was watching. Eventually, the straight penguins realised what their gay friends have been up to and started to actively ostracise them from their social club. Keepers had to intervene by segregating the pair of three-year-old male penguins (how cruel!) "to avoid disrupting the rest of the community during the hatching season". The odd behaviour of the gay penguins has been explained as being a manifestation of the strong paternal instinct of male penguins that exists irrespective of sexual orientation. more ›

By Derek Sandhaus more ›