The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs is home to five African elephants named Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo.

Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after it was sued by an animal rights group over the alleged treatment of elephants at the Colorado Springs facility.

The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions the animals. Last October, the group sued the zoo over the welfare of its five ...

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, according to the Colorado Supreme Court.

COLORADO SPRINGS (KXRM) — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is getting ready for the Super Bowl by letting one of its animal celebrities predict the winner. On Friday, Feb. 7, Chewy the Tiger had the ...

Olive, Emerald, Jade, or Forrest? That's the question the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is asking as they look to name a new baby ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is asking for your help choosing the name of their newest resident: a baby sloth born back in ...

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their own freedom from a Colorado zoo, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court ...

Colorado Springs' own Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is in the running for the best zoo in the country in USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers' Choice awards!

Orangutans can live around 35-40 years in the wild, while the oldest orangutan to live in captivity died at age 62, according ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs has been nominated for Best Zoo in the U.S. by USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.

Rulings in favor of the animals would have allowed lawyers for both Happy and the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo — to pursue ...