Colorado’s highest court is considering whether five zoo elephants can challenge their confinement under a legal process mainly used by prisoners to dispute their detention.

Another baby tree kangaroo can be seen at the Bronx Zoo after months of hiding in its mother's pouch.

She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City.

Bronx Zoo officials have announced the birth of a baby tree kangaroo that's the first of its species born at the zoo since 2008.

CNN video(CNN) - The woman who jumped into a lion's den at the Bronx Zoo has been identified, and police want your help in tracking her down. In the video, the lion appears too stunned to pounce and the woman seems unbothered even as it takes a few steps toward her. In addition to the lion's enclosure, Autry also illegally entered the giraffe area at the Bronx Zoo last week, police said. After video of the incident emerged, the Bronx Zoo was not amused, and said the woman put herself in danger. The Bronx Zoo wouldn't say how wide or deep it is.

A woman who climbed into a lion enclosure at the Bronx Zoo on Saturday put herself in serious danger, officials said. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]NEW YORK (CNN) - If you happen to see a 3-foot-long snake slithering around the Bronx Zoo in New York, have no fear. It sounds scary, but zoo officials said the mangrove snake that somehow slithered loose from its display poses no threat to visitors. "Mangrove snakes, though mildly venomous, are not known to be dangerous to people. Officials told CNN affiliate WCBS that the missing snake probably made its escape through a mesh cover. The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute describes the mangrove snake as "a slender black snake with narrow, yellow bands along its body and face."