#London Zoo

Author: Evan Nicole Brown / Source: Atlas Obscura Generally, zoos serve an educational purpose, providing kids and the curious with opportunities to see animals up close. But they also conduct field research in some cases, and are frontiers for veterinary care. This week, the ZSL London Zoo

The London Zoo played matchmaker last week when they brought in a new Sumatran tiger to mate with the Sumatran tiger that already lived there. It didn’t quite go as planned. Instead of having sex and making baby Sumatran tigers, the new tiger killed the other tiger. Worst. First. Date. Ever. The

Author: Yonette Joseph / Source: New York Times Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press LONDON — The courtship went on for 10 whole days. They were kept apart, but tantalizingly close enough so that each could see, hear and smell the other. When the matchmakers believed that the time and the place