Volunteers will hunker down in Tampa to safeguard one of Florida’s most vulnerable populations from Hurricane Milton ... chance to evacuate the region, a zoo spokesperson said.

Milton made landfall on Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, just south of the zoo at Lowry Park, close to downtown Tampa. Hurricane Milton is threatening a vast amount of ...

Workers are racing to protect more than 1,000 animals that live in Tampa’s zoo as Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida’s western coast. ZooTampa said it would be closed through Thursday ...

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 ...

"Everyone in the Tampa Bay area is definitely nervous ... Over the summer, the National Weather Service designated the zoo with a Storm Ready certification. Additional food is prepped for animals ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The animals of Tampa Bay's zoos and aquariums are hunkering down ahead of Hurricane Helene's impact. The zoo at Busch Gardens, ZooTampa at Lowry Park and The Florida Aquarium ...

crocodiles and snakes to weather the storm. Nearly a dozen staffers from TampaZoo were set to remain behind to help care for the non-evacuated animals. Tampa Zoo The crocs and gators were being ...

BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty A mother and child orangutan look on before being moved to protected areas at Zoo Tampa ahead of Hurricane Milton's expected landfall. The zoo noted that it "earned a ...

Millions of people on Florida’s Gulf Coast are preparing to evacuate as Hurricane Milton threatens their lives. But not the zoo and aquarium animals of Tampa. With staff members hurriedly ...