A 48 year old woman died as she cleaned the cage of a five year old female cat and her seven month old cub.
Shilka became a global star last year in her pen in Novosibirsk but now she is set to be big in Japan after bid to keep her in Russia fails.
New director Andrey Gorban, 47, on the challenges of modernising one of Siberia's favourite zoos, and dealing with his tapir's tantrums.
Cases of mother bears successfully raising 'twins' in captivity are extremely rare.
Baby lynx is raised by a domestic cat.
Baby Gertruda is growing fast but is too playful to stay still on the scales long enough for a weight check.
Siberian zoo’s nine-year-old Pamir can dance, perform tricks with a wooden stick and now even crawl through tires.
An investigation is underway into the demise of Adam the ostrich, the star of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Zoo for the last seven years.
Thousands had joined petition to stop Shilka the cub being exiled to the other side of the world but she could be gone by end of the month.