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New Jersey’s Cape May County Park and Zoo has a new resident, and he is ready to make some noise — literally. Meet Diego, a 6-year-old male Black Howler Monkey, who recently arrived from a zoo in Ohio. According to the zoo, Black Howler Monkeys are endemic to the rainforests of South America. They are born with gold fur, which…

The Cape May County Park and Zoo announced the passing of Cody, an American Black Bear who had resided at the zoo since 2005.

NBC10’s Keith Jones and Erin Coleman (and Pennsylvania State Police) can’t agree if the large bird that wandered along Interstate 76 in King of Prussia Monday was an ostrich or emu.

NBC10 newsgathering partner KYW NewsRadio captured video of, what appears to be, an ostrich wandering along an I-76 off-ramp at Gulph Road on Monday afternoon.

A large bird that appeared to be an ostrich escaped a trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and ran loose on I-76 east before it was captured by state troopers, police said. NBC10 obtained video of the bird. 

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper came across quite the surprising animal trying to cross the road in Montgomery County and wound up reuniting the long lost reptile with its family.

Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey has welcomed some adorable new additions to its Wild Safari family.

Six Flags Wild Safari welcomes some adorable new additions to its family in New Jersey. 

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents and the “Golden” moment is now being marked in their children’s names.

The “Golden Girls” have inspired the names of four female Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings recently hatched to century old parents at the Philadelphia Zoo.

Gillian Kocher of the Pennsylvania SPCA tells NBC10’s Erin Coleman about the annual Main Line Animal Rescue Tails & Trails run and walk and how it helps the shelters’ missions to find animals loving homes.

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents — the time to name those hatchlings will be much, much shorter.

The Philadelphia Zoo’s Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings have made their debut and now they just need some Philly-themed names.

A New Jersey township is offering advice on how to deal with bears after one was spotted darting down a street. the big takeaway: don’t feed the bears.

What is the perfect name for a service dog backed by the Broad Street Bullies? Philadelphia Flyers fans get to decide.

The Flyers Alumni Association is sponsoring a service dog for an American vet or first responder and you can help pick the new name.

Police in Logan Township, Gloucester County, shared in a Facebook post, that the morning of Saturday, April 19, a cow was found in the area of U.S. Route 322 near the Woolwich Township border.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center rescued a gray seal pup at the Jersey Shore, after he was found with a section of a net wrapped around his neck. Léelo en español aquí According to officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, on Saturday, April 12, 2025, they received a call reporting an entangled seal pup on the beach in front…

A grey seal pup is being nursed back to health at the Jersey Shore after someone found him with a net wrapped around his neck. 

A herd of cows escaped from a dairy farm on Wednesday and were caught on camera getting the chance to check out a Pennsylvania neighborhood.