Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. By Lee Powell Nov. 17 at 6:30 a.m. At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

A Meerkat sits on a portable scale inside its enclosure as part of the London Zoo's Annual Weigh for the animals. Brett D. Cove / SplashNews.com Staff at London Zoo got the measure of giant gorillas, ...

Penguins, tigers, tarantulas and gorillas were just some of the thousands of creatures that stood on a scale as London Zoo keepers began recording vital statistics for the zoo’s annual weigh-in. More ...

Keepers recorded the weight and measurements of more than 400 animals, updating vital health data that is shared with conservationists worldwide. Each animal, ranging from penguins and lemurs to ...

STORY: From Sumatran tigers to Tirachoidea stick insects, the height and weight of almost every animal were recorded by zookeepers, with some being coaxed onto scales with treats. One of the zoo's ...

LONDON (AP) — Staff at London Zoo got the measure of giant gorillas, plump penguins and skinny stick insects at the zoo’s annual animal weigh-in on Thursday. Zookeepers tempted squirrel monkeys onto ...