The staff at the Hilo zoo is urging visitors to keep their objects and hands away from the animals at all times after a rising number of foreign items have been found in some enclosures.

The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation will start charging admission fees to the Pana­‘ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens in August.

HILO A two-toed sloth born this summer at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens is now on display to the public.

The Pana‘ewa Zoo and Rainforest Gardens has added several new animals this year and is planning future inhabitants including the possible return of pygmy hippos to the facility after more than ...

HILO A two-toed sloth born this summer at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens is now on display to the public. In 1843, Theophilus Metcalf, the first known photographer of Hawaii, took the earliest ...

People gathered at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo to remember a white male Bengal tiger that was a long time star attraction and recently died at age 15.

Zoo officials say Namaste, a male white Bengal tiger, was euthanized Thursday because he had developed multiple health problems. Officials say he was buried in his enclosure, and a monument will ...