After 54 years, the old gates of the Baton Rouge Zoo are officially closed. Now families will enter through the new entrance off Highway 19.

As BREC officials prepare to implement a new 10-year plan in 2025, they will do so with a new methodology system that takes ...

After years of construction, the Baton Rouge Zoo is ready to open their new doors to the public. Working together with BREC, Baton Rouge Recreation, and the community of Baton Rouge, Senior ...

The Baton Rouge Zoo Foundation will host its tenth annual Brew at the Zoo, presented by The Queen Baton Rouge, on September 27 from 7-10 p.m. at BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo. All proceeds benefit ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s North America Trek is getting a facelift.Pepper Construction Group was hired to build the new and improved exhibits. Both companies have a ...

Zoo staff are playing a "waiting game" after a capybara that escaped from a zoo was located by a thermal-imaging drone during a night-time search - but managed to avoid capture. One-year-old ...

What does conspicuous consumption smell like? On a December afternoon in 2013, the Parisian perfumer Francis Kurkdjian was scheduled to meet with the renowned French crystal manufacturer Baccarat ...

Check with the organizers for the latest updates before attending. The Louisiana Bourbon Festival returns to Baton Rouge this weekend, with three days of events featuring good food and bourbon. On ...

Residents of Baton Rouge and surrounding areas should wrap up their last-minute preparations for Hurricane Francine soon as weather will start deteriorating this afternoon with the full force of ...

The strongest winds and rains are located around Francine's eyewall, which will now run up through the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metros, the National Weather Service said at 6:20 p.m., as the ...

Zoo officials say the transformation from the RainForest to the Primate Forest will be its largest capital improvement project. A future phase will include construction of the Gorilla Forest that ...