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Zoo
A zoo, short for zoological garden or zoological park, is a facility that keeps wild animals for research, conservation, and exhibition, with the first scientific zoo opened in Paris in 1795.
Zoo - Sitesh Ranjan Deb (Wildlife Conservationist)
Zoo - Sitesh Ranjan Deb (Wildlife Conservationist), locally "Sitesh Babu's Zoo", is the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation in Sreemangal, founded by ex-hunter Sitesh Ranjan Deb after a 1991 bear attack; it rescued and released thousands of wild animals.
Zoo (2007 film)
Zoo (2007) is Robinson Devor's documentary, co-written with Charles Mudede, on the 2005 Enumclaw horse-sex death of Kenneth Pinyan; it premiered at Sundance, screened at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, and was released by THINKFilm.
Zoo (Shakira song)
"Zoo" is a 2025 pop song by Shakira as Gazelle for Disney's Zootopia 2, written with Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin, released October 10, 2025 on Walt Disney Records, with a Hannah Lux Davis music video.
Zoo Antwerpen
Zoo Antwerpen (Antwerp ZOO), founded 21 July 1843, is Belgium's first zoo and one of the world's oldest, beside Antwerp Central Station. Run by KMDA, it was the first zoo to display an okapi and is an EAZA founding member.
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Atlanta, a zoological park in Grant Park, Atlanta, founded 1889 from a donated circus menagerie; privatized 1985 after being named one of the nation's worst zoos; known for gorillas and giant pandas, with Ping Ping and Fu Shuang arriving in 2026.
Zoo Augsburg
Zoo Augsburg is a zoological garden in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, opened in 1937 on a wooded site between the city center and the Siebentischwald, holding over 1,250 animals of around 250 species.
Zoo d'Aïn-Sebaâ
Parc Zoologique Ain sebaâ (Parc Zoologique d'Aïn Sebaâ) is Casablanca's zoological park, founded 1928, closed 2015, reopened 30 December 2025 with about 100 species from Africa, Asia, and South America.
Zoo des reptiles d'El Atteuf
Zoo des reptiles d'El Atteuf (حديقة الزواحف بالعطف) is a private reptile zoo in El Atteuf, Ghardaïa, Algeria, run by the Hadj Aissa family, covering seven hectares and supplying snake venom to the Pasteur Institute.
Zoo Dresden
Zoo Dresden (Dresden Zoo, Zoologischer Garten Dresden), founded 9 May 1861, is the fourth oldest zoo in Germany, a 13-hectare city-owned zoo in the Großer Garten with about 949 animals of 204 species and roughly 492,500 visitors in 2025.
Zoo du Sahara
حديقة حيوانات الصحراء (Zoo du Sahara, Desert Zoo) is a zoological park in El-Hadher, Tozeur, Tunisia, attached to the Jardin du Paradis (1936), housing fennecs, gazelles, hyenas, lions, and the Coca-Cola-drinking camel Ali Baba.
Zoo Entertainment
Zoo Entertainment was an American record label founded in Los Angeles in 1990, a BMG subsidiary known for alternative rock and metal acts like Tool and Matthew Sweet.
Zoo et Parc de Thoiry
Zoo et Parc de Thoiry, renamed Wow Safari Thoiry in 2024, is a French zoological park and drive-through safari reserve near Paris, opened in 1968.
Zoo Frankfurt
Zoo Frankfurt, the municipal zoo of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, opened 8 August 1858; Germany's second oldest zoo after Berlin. Moved to Pfingstweide 1874, rebuilt under Bernhard Grzimek after 1945, now undergoing the Zookunft2030+ master plan.
Zoo hypothesis
The zoo hypothesis, also called zoo theory, is a 1973 proposal by radio astronomer John A. Ball answering the Fermi paradox: extraterrestrials exist but deliberately leave humanity undisturbed.
Zoo Limpopo
Zoo Limpopo (Зоопарк «Лімпопо»), formally Medenychi Limpopo Zoo, is a private zoo in Medenychi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, with about 500 animals; after the 2022 invasion it took in animals evacuated from other zoos.
Zoo of Birds
Zoo of Birds (Zoo das Aves) is a bird zooparque in Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil; opened 2017 from a 1979 breeding center by Moacyr de Carvalho Dias; nearly 2,000 birds of 200 species on a 1.5 km trail with immersion enclosures.
Zoo of Lithuania
The Lithuanian Zoo (Lietuvos zoologijos sodas) is the national zoo in Kaunas, opened July 1, 1938 on Tadas Ivanauskas's initiative; it holds about 2,577 animals of 189 species and regained full EAZA membership in 2026.
Zoo Tycoon
Zoo Tycoon is a zoo-building business simulation game series begun in 2001 by Blue Fang Games and Microsoft, followed by Zoo Tycoon 2 (2004), DS versions, and a 2013 Frontier Developments reboot on Xbox.
Zoo Weekly
Zoo Weekly (Zoo) was a British weekly lads' magazine launched by Emap in January 2004, later Bauer Media, rival to Nuts, with Spanish, Australian, and South African editions; UK circulation peaked above 260,000 in 2005 and all editions closed by December 2015.
ZOO Wroclaw
ZOO Wroclaw (ZOO Wrocław) is a 32-hectare zoological garden in Wrocław, Poland, run by Zoo Wrocław Sp. z o.o., holding over 12,000 animals of 1,100+ species, about 1.8 million annual visitors, the Afrykarium pavilion, and the DODO conservation foundation.
Zoo XII Months
Зоопарк "12 місяців" (Zoo "XII Months"), private zoo in Demydiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, opened 16 May 2015 by Mykhailo Pinchuk; 16 hectares, 365 days a year, over 200 animals of about 100 species, survived 2022 occupation.
Zoo Zürich
Zoo Zürich (Zoo Zurich), Swiss zoological garden opened 7 September 1929 on the Zürichberg; 27 hectares, over 380 species, habitats Masoala Rainforest, Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park, Lewa Savanna; ranked second-best zoo in Europe.
Zoo, or Letters Not About Love
Zoo, or Letters Not About Love is a 1923 epistolary book by Russian Formalist writer Viktor Shklovsky, written in exile in Berlin and dedicated to Elsa Triolet.
Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry
Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS) is a proteomics method identifying animal species from archaeological bone by collagen peptide mass fingerprints, best known for finding hominin remains at Denisova Cave.
Zoochosis (video game)
Zoochosis is a 2024 bodycam horror simulation game by Clapperheads and publisher Playworks, in which a night zookeeper treats zoo animals infected by a mutating parasite, with multiple endings; it launched to mixed Steam reviews and received major post-launch updates.
Zoocutok Parka
Зоокуток парка, the zoo corner of Mykhailo Chekman Park in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine; a municipal mini-zoo of about 123 animals (bears, emus, mini-pigs, raccoons) run by KP 'Парки і сквери міста Хмельницького', distinct from the Ternopil zoo 'Зоокуток'.
Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel (born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actress and singer known for Almost Famous, Elf, (500) Days of Summer, and Jess Day in New Girl (2011–2018), plus the duo She & Him with M. Ward.
Zookaradel
Zookaradel (ズーカラデル) is a three-piece rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaido, formed in 2015, known for its light sound and message-driven lyrics by singer-guitarist Yoshida Takanobu.
Zookeeper (film)
Zookeeper is a 2011 American romantic comedy directed by Frank Coraci, starring Kevin James as a Boston zookeeper whose talking animals teach him courtship so he will not quit.