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Spider monkey disappears from zooupdated: Sun Jan 01 2012 01:50:00

The San Francisco Zoo says someone stole a spider monkey named "Banana Sam" from his enclosure.

Escaped peacock returns to Central Park Zooupdated: Wed Aug 03 2011 19:53:00

A peacock that had escaped from the Central Park Zoo returned home on its own Wednesday morning, the Wildlife Conservation Society told CNN.

Bird's-eye view for loose peacockupdated: Wed Aug 03 2011 13:54:00

A peacock believed to have escaped from the Central Park Zoo perches on a window sill on New York's Fifth Avenue.

Peacock escapes from Central Park Zooupdated: Wed Aug 03 2011 13:54:00

A peacock has flown the coop, stealthily escaping from its home at the Central Park Zoo.

Vietnam on alert for smugglers after deadly snakes found on trainupdated: Mon May 30 2011 11:38:00

Vietnamese authorities are on alert for animal smugglers after four bags of deadly snakes were found on a train from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, according to local press reports.

CNNMoney: Zoo animals face budget knifeupdated: Thu May 19 2011 10:41:00

Lions and tigers and budget cuts, oh my!

Another Bronx Zoo escapee is recapturedupdated: Thu May 12 2011 09:30:00

While an Egyptian cobra-turned-celebrity is safely back in its pen and no longer in the headlines, another Bronx Zoo inmate is now getting all the attention.

Elusive Bronx Zoo cobra foundupdated: Thu Apr 07 2011 13:00:00

The cobra that shot to fame after escaping from its home at the Bronx Zoo has been recovered.

Bronx Zoo cobra that went missing is named Miaupdated: Thu Apr 07 2011 13:00:00

An Egyptian cobra that turned into a media darling after its escape and subsequent capture at New York's Bronx Zoo was named Mia on Thursday after a public vote.

Public to vote on name for Bronx Zoo cobraupdated: Mon Apr 04 2011 18:13:00

The Egyptian cobra that turned into media darling after its escape and subsequent capture at the Bronx Zoo is looking for a name.

Missing cobra slithers homeupdated: Fri Apr 01 2011 12:02:00

The baby cobra missing for seven days has been found, and is doing fine, according to Bronx Zoo officials.

Missing cobra found alive in New York's Bronx Zooupdated: Fri Apr 01 2011 12:02:00

An Egyptian cobra that drew thousands of Twitter fans has been found alive after it went missing for days from a New York City zoo.

Recaptured cobra doing well, zoo director saysupdated: Fri Apr 01 2011 09:34:00

The Egyptian cobra that turned media darling following its escape and subsequent capture at the Bronx Zoo is doing well and should return to display in a week or so, the zoo's director said Friday.

How to catch an escaped cobraupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 22:21:00

How big is that escaped cobra? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports size matters when it comes to venomous bites.

Missing cobra sinks fangs into Twitterupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 22:21:00

An escaped Egyptian cobra has slithered its way out of a New York City zoo and onto the internet, where the reptile is winning tens of thousands of fans.

Deadly snake missing from Bronx Zooupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 09:56:00

A venomous Egyptian cobra went missing from New York's Bronx Zoo. Affiliate WCBS reports.

Search continues for Egyptian cobra missing from Bronx Zooupdated: Tue Mar 29 2011 09:56:00

It may take days or even weeks to find a venomous Egyptian cobra that has gone missing from New York's Bronx Zoo, officials say.

Deadly Egyptian cobra missing from Bronx Zooupdated: Mon Mar 28 2011 16:03:00

A venomous Egyptian cobra went missing from New York's Bronx Zoo, prompting the closure of the zoo's reptile house until further notice.

SI.com: Larry Keith: Championships and chaos reigned in the Bronx Zoo of the 1970supdated: Wed Jul 14 2010 10:12:00

Living in New York and covering baseball for Sports Illustrated gave me an intimate perspective on the George Steinbrenner Yankees of the late 1970s and early '80s. Multiple assignments revealed the secrets, jealousies and rivalries that made the team's Bronx Zoo sobriquet seem sufficiently justified. Reggie Jackson may have been "the straw that stirs the drink," as he famously declared upon his arrival in 1977, but Steinbrenner was the master mixologist. His obsessive-compulsive hiring and firing poured the ingredients together, and his cocktail shaker management style brought it all to a froth.

Coyote captured in Harlemupdated: Wed Jan 20 2010 21:47:00

One wily coyote traveled a bit too far from home, and its resulting adventure through Harlem had alarmed residents doing a double take and scampering to get out of its way Wednesday morning.

Budget cuts force Bronx Zoo to 'fire' animalsupdated: Fri Jan 30 2009 15:55:00

Layoffs for sea lions? Furloughs for frogs? Is there no job security, anywhere?

Time.com: 125,000 Gorillas Found in Congoupdated: Tue Aug 05 2008 11:00:00

Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered 125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated population

SI.com: Those were the daysupdated: Fri Mar 02 2007 17:01:00

In recent years, one of the annual rites of spring for the New York media has been to proclaim the return of The Bronx Zoo. This year, Mariano Rivera's expiring contract, the absence of Bernie Williams, and the Alex Rodriguez-Derek Jeter affair have prompted New York writers to invoke the name of the old Zoo. You can hardly blame them.

CNNMoney: Monkey businessupdated: Tue Feb 22 2005 13:46:00

How much would you pay to name a new species? It's a mammal. Now how much would you pay? Not only is it a mammal, it's a monkey, a cute, furry little primate from the Bolivian rainforest.

Fortune: In the Corporate Jungle, Size Mattersupdated: Mon Jul 09 2001 00:01:00

The 800-pound gorilla has long been a metaphor for corporate power. After all, a hefty primate is a much more evocative symbol of size than a huge market cap. But now that good old-fashioned accura...

Money Magazine: Jurassic Lark Everyone knows kids love dinosaurs. These museums make you remember why.updated: Tue Feb 01 2000 00:01:00

When I was in the third grade, my class took a field trip to the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. We'd been learning about dinosaurs, but nothing our teacher had told us--not even w...

Fortune: The price of immortalityupdated: Mon Feb 29 1988 00:01:00

^ As never before, immortality is for sale. What kind? The kind that comes when a donor cements his name to an institution: Stanford University, Carnegie Hall, Rhodes Scholarships, the Pulitzer Pri...

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