TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo revealed it has a new name starting Thursday. It will now be called Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park. The zoo will also open a new boat ride called Roaring Springs later ...

Volunteers will hunker down in Tampa to safeguard one of Florida’s most vulnerable populations from Hurricane Milton: the animals. The so-called “ride-out team” of roughly a dozen staffers from ...

As Florida's Tampa Bay residents prepare for the impact of Hurricane Milton, the city's zoo and aquarium are working on emergency preparations for the animals as well. In a statement Tuesday, a ...

Employees move an African porcupine named Chompers to a pet carrier at ZooTampa. A Florida zoo is closing down in preparation for Hurricane Milton. ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced on social media ...

ZooTampa will have a ride-out team at the facility during the storm. As Florida's Tampa Bay residents prepare for the impact of Hurricane Milton, the city's zoo and aquarium are working on emergency ...

Hurricane Milton is projected to make landfall on Florida's west coast between late Wednesday and early Thursday Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...