The zoo has closed some pathways near the zoo’s Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater out of an abundance of caution, spokesperson ...

Visitors at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo can get a peek at the park's new spectacled owlet, who makes his debut tomorrow ...

A flower-and-garden festival combined with free fishing weekend will mean congestion, Parks Tacoma officials say.

The News Tribune's archives tell of at least seven other escapes or near-escapes at Point Defiance Zoo since 1905.

Hanako sprays herself off with water from the elephant habitat pool at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The zoo said she was diagnosed with cancer in her right front foot. (Photo: Point Defiance Zoo & ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Take a dive into the world of sharks and discover their biology, while also learning how to protect these animals in the wild with Point Defiance Zoo's Eye-to-Eye Shark Dives. Since ...

The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium (PDZA) in Tacoma has some otterly exciting news to share. PDZA is welcoming a new male otter and celebrating an otter pup, while also debuting its Sumatran tiger ...

Nicholas Matthew was sentenced to 22 years in prison for brutally attacking a woman on a Point Defiance Park trail in 2024.