OSAKA -- A 12-year-old hippopotamus at a zoo in this western Japan city keepers thought was male has turned out to be female, according to a DNA test conducted after keepers noted the animal ...

OSAKA -- Osaka Prefectural Police have sent papers on a zookeeper in his 40s on suspicion of stealing fresh fruit and vegetables that are fed to the animals at Osaka Tennoji Zoo, sources including ...

OSAKA -- At Osaka's Tennoji Zoo, it's not uncommon to see lions dozing on rocks with one of Japan's tallest skyscrapers ...

OSAKA—Authorities here are seeking to prosecute a zookeeper who is suspected of repeatedly stealing food intended for the animals at Osaka Tennoji Zoo. Osaka prefectural police here sent papers ...

OSAKA--They may have combs instead of tusks, but for the current occupants of an elephant house at a zoo in this western city here, that is something to crow about. Two roosters who have dodged ...