Zoo

Zoo scholar Natascha Meuser reflects on the connection between zoo architecture and the natural environment, the balance between science and slick branding, and the zoo building's hybrid role as a prison, theater, and museum.

An excerpt from Carson Vaughan's Zoo Nebraska.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

A giraffe eats on May 3rd, 2018, at the Zoom Torino zoo in Cumiana, Italy, near Turin.

The Kabul Zoo is an oasis of green in a dusty city still lying in rubble. It’s also challenging the international community’s perception of what carrying on with life looks like in a war zone.

A new study says captive breeding programs often do endangered species more harm than good.