Baby animals from around the world
An unnamed male baby is held by mother Rollie at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago on May 14, 2019. Read more about its birth here. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)
Is there anything cuter than a baby animal? Maybe, but let’s celebrate the adorable little critters being born at zoos around the world.
Ali, a 1-month-old western lowland gorilla, rests on the chest of her mother, Koola, at the Brookfield Zoo, on July 2, 2018, in Brookfield. Read her story here. (Courtney Pedroza / Chicago Tribune)
Ali, a 1-month-old western lowland gorilla, pushes against her mom, Koola, at the Brookfield Zoo, on July 2, 2018, in Brookfield. (Courtney Pedroza / Chicago Tribune)
A female Masai baby giraffe born frolics in her enclosure during her public debut at the Los Angeles Zoo on July 26, 2017. Still without a name, the giraffe already stands about six feet tall and weighs 156 pounds. (Richard Vogel / AP)
Baby bison are born at Fermilab in Batavia. (Linda Girardi / The Beacon-News)
Orca Takara helps guide her newborn to the water’s surface at SeaWorld San Antonio on April 19, 2017. (Chris Gotshall / AP)
In this photo provided by Animal Adventure Park in Binghamton, N.Y., a giraffe named April licks her newborn male calf on April 15, 2017. The birth was streamed online to an audience of more than a million viewers. (Animal Adventure Park / AP)
A four-week old black rhino calf makes her first public appearance at the side of her mother Azizi at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in the Highland Park section of Pittsburgh, on April 14, 2017. (Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden keeper Amanda Weisel holds a newborn Malayan tiger cub in the zoo’s nursery in Cincinnati on Feb. 7, 2017. A Malayan tiger named Cinta gave birth to three cubs Feb. 3, 2017, and zoo officials say that because the first-time mother’s maternal instincts didn’t kick in, employees in the zoo’s nursery will keep the cubs warm and feed them before they are placed in an outdoor habitat. (Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden / AP)
A Titi Pigmeo born a month ago hangs from its mother at Santa Fe Zooin in Medellin, Colombia, on Feb. 8, 2017. (Raul Arboleda / AFP/Getty Images)
A baby elephant plays in the sand at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on Jan. 25, 2017. (Focke Strangmann / EPA)
A Rothschild’s giraffe baby stands next to its mother Jan. 16, 2017, at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany. The male baby giraffe was born Jan. 10, 2017. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert / AFP/Getty Images)
The newborn gorilla sleeps in the arms of her mother Kibara at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. The female baby gorilla was born on Dec. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (Jens Meyer / AP)
Murchison, a baby Rothschild’s giraffe, receives attention from another giraffe as he ventures out of the Giraffe House at Chester Zoo in Chester, England, on Jan. 19, 2017, for the first time. The zoo celebrated the birth of the rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 1,600 in its native Kenya and Uganda. (Paul Ellis / AFP/Getty Images)
A polar bear cub born Nov. 3, 2016, meets the press at the Tierpark Berlin (Berlin zoo) on Jan. 13, 2017 (AFP/Getty Images)
Three maned wolf cubs are seen Jan. 11, 2017, at the Little Rock Zoo. The cubs, one male and two females, were born Dec. 21. Maned wolves are native to South America. (Kate Barszczowski / AP)
Sophia, a 35-year-old Bornean orangutan, holds her 2-week-old daughter at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., in this photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society on Jan. 1, 2017. The unnamed infant was born Dec. 20, 2016. (Jim Schulz / AP)
A female mantled guereza holds its 4-day-old baby in the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, on Dec. 28, 2016. (Attila Balazs / AP)
A group of elephants stand around their youngest family members at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on Dec. 28, 2016. (Jochen Lubke / AFP/Getty Images)
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A 3-day-old orangutan baby clings to its mother “Lea” at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, Dec. 7, 2016. The 21-year-old mother was raised by humans. (Roland Weihrauch / EPA)
A picture taken on December 12, 2016 at the A dwarf crocodile named Oscar swims in its exhibit at the Mulhouse zoo in eastern France on Dec. 12, 2016. (Sebastien Bozon / AFP/Getty Images)
Gorilla mother Changa Maidi holds her baby a day after she gave birth to it at the zoo in Muenster, Germany, on Dec. 8, 2016. The animal keepers were surprised when they saw the newborn wet Gorilla baby because Changa’s pregnancy was undiscovered until Dec. 7. (Martin Meissner / AP)
A baby sloth eats some lettuce as it hangs on its mother’s belly in their enclosure at the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 13, 2016. The baby was born Nov. 18, but it just recently emerged after spending its early weeks hidden in its mother’s soft coat. (Daniel Zupanc / AFP/Getty Images)
This handout photo released by the Taronga Zoo on Nov. 17, 2016, shows a keeper carrying a baby puggle in Sydney. Taronga Zoo is celebrating its first successful short-beaked Echidna births in nearly 30 years, with keepers monitoring the progress of three healthy echidna puggles. (Paul Fahy / AFP/Getty Images)
Employees at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany, pet a 2-week-old South American tapir on Nov. 24, 2016. The still nameless female tapir baby is bottle-fed by her keepers, as her mother “Tala” had attacked her child. (Jens Kalaene / AFP/Getty Images)
A recently born and unnamed baby female Masai giraffe calf stands with her mother Hasina in its enclosure at the Los Angeles zoo in California on Nov. 22, 2016. (Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty Images)
An unnamed, newborn eastern black rhino walks around with it’s mother, Ayana, on Oct. 17, 2016, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. (Rodney White / AP)
The Lehigh Valley Zoo introduces two 3-week-old African penguin chicks that were the first ever born at the Schnecksville, Pa., preserve on Oct. 12, 2016, in this image made from video. (Zane Shupp / WFMZ-TV via AP)
A 2-day old baby giant anteater rides on the back of its mother Isabella in their enclosure in the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 7, 2016. (Attila Kovacs / EPA)
A newborn Asian elephant baby stands next to its mother Tamara in their enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 8, 2016. The mother Tamara gave birth to the male calf on Oct. 5. It doesn’t have a name yet. (Petr David Josek / AP)
Six cheetah cubs stand in their enclosure at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, The Netherlands, on Sept. 30, 2016. (Piroschka Van De Wouw / EPA)
Three rare newborn white tigers lay with their mother Mandzi just hours after they were born at the private Zoo Safari in Borysew, Poland, on Sept. 22, 2016. (Czarek Sokolowski / AP)
A 6-day-old gorilla baby lies in the arms of its mother Shira at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 21, 2016. (Michael Probst / AP)
Two rare, 4-day-old white lion cubs are pictured at the private Zoo Safari in Borysew, Poland, on Sept. 22, 2016. All together, four cubs were born Sept. 18, 2016, to 5-year-old Azira. (Czarek Sokolowski / AP)
A newborn baby western lowland gorilla looks up as it is held by its mother Honi during its debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia on Aug. 31, 2016. The unnamed baby gorilla was born Aug. 26. (Matt Rourke / AP)
Baby giraffe “Kenai,” right, born on Aug. 25, 2016, kisses his mother “Dioni” on Aug. 31 at the zoo of La Fleche, France. (Jean Francois Monier / AFP/Getty Images)
Ten-year-old gorilla Nalani holds her baby in her enclosure at Bioparc zoo in Valencia, Spain, on Aug. 18, 2016. Nalani gave birth on Aug. 17. (Kai Foersterling / EPA)
A baby rhino with its mother Nane is seen in an outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2016. The black rhino baby was born during the night of Aug. 21-22. (Marcel Kusch / EPA)
Young, female fur seal Myrte can be seen at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on July 28, 2016. Myrte was born June 24, 2106. (Sebastian Gollnow / EPA)
A “little penguin” chick is shown in its habitat at the Bronx Zoo in New York on July 25, 2016. Hatched on May 10, 2016, it is the first “little penguin” born there in the zoo’s 120-year history. (Julie Larsen Maher / AP)
Two white lion cubs born July 28 sleep at the Tbilisi zoo on Aug. 3, 2016. (Vano Schlamov / AFP/Getty Images)
Andrea Czerny, employee of the Attica Zoological Park, holds five-week-old baby jaguars Lucky, left, and Jucky inside the park in Spata, Greece, on July 16, 2016. (Yorgos Karahalis / AP)
A caretaker displays seven newly hatched Philippine reticulated pythons July 14, 2016, recently born at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, Philippines. (Bullit Marquez / AP)
Bayami, a newborn white rhinoceros, stands next to its mother at the zoological park in Amneville, France, on July 13, 2016. (Jean-Christophe Verhaegen, AFP/Getty Images)
One of three lion cubs that were born at Gaia Zoo is introduced in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, on July 5, 2016. (Marcel Van Hoorn / EPA)
A 5-day-old baby seal swims at a zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on June 28, 2016. (Roland Weihrauch / EPA)
A young white Addax desert antelope jumps around the outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Hannover, Germany, on June 30, 2016. Two baby antelopes were born in the zoo in mid-May. In their African home region, the Addax are critically endangered. (Holger Hollemann / EPA)
Zahra, a four-week-old female white lion cub rests in her enlosure in Magan Zoo, a privately owned animal park, in Felsolajos, Hungary, on June 30, 2016. Zahra, who was born into a litter of four, was rejected by her mother because of an infectious disease. (Sandor Ujvari / AP)
A newborn elephant calf explores its enclosure at the zoo in Halle/Saale, Germany, on June 30, 2016. The calf was born June 26, and elephant Panya is expected to give birth to another calf in August. (Hendrik Schmidt / EPA)
A newborn female okapi, Jamili, and her mother, Hakima, stand inside their enclosure at Cologne zoo in Cologne, Germany, on July 7, 2016. Jamili was born May 6. (Henning Kaiser / EPA)
An undated handout picture made available by the Australia Zoo on June 20, 2016, shows Reggie, a new Sumatran tiger cub born at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia. (Ben Beaden / EPA)
A month-old Galapagos tortoise is held by a zookeeper June 21, 2016, at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The zoo is currently waiting for several more eggs to hatch, incubating many to encourage the birth of females in order to help sustain the endangered species. (Jason Hoekema / AP)
A 4-day-old Grevy’s zebra stands with her mother, Adia, in their habitat at the Lincoln Park Zoo on June 22, 2016, in Chicago. The zebra is native to eastern Africa and is endangered in the wild because of hunting and habitat loss. Lincoln Park Zoo is part of a nationwide conservation effort to save the animals. (Teresa Crawford / AP)
A jaguar cub is held by an employee at the Reino Animal zoo in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on June 16, 2016. Three jaguars were born in captivity May 23. (Pedro Pardo, AFP/Getty Images)
A young male Malayan tapir swims in the enclosure in the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, on June 15, 2016. The tapir was born June 2, 2016. (Jens Meyer / AP)
Two Siberian tiger cubs snarl on an examination table during a routine medical check in Veszprem Zoo in Veszprem, Hungary, on June 15, 2016. The cubs were born at the zoo two weeks earlier. (Boglarka Bodnar / AP)
A King vulture chick -- born after its egg was artificially incubated for 58 days -- is seen at Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia, on June 17, 2016. (Raul Arboleda / AFP/Getty Images)
A newborn young black howler is seen with its mother in their enclosure at the Wroclaw Zoological Garden in Wroclaw, Poland, on June 14, 2016. (Maciej Kulczynski / EPA)
Gorilla mother Safiri holds her still nameless 1-week-old baby at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, on June 10, 2016. (Roland Weihrauch / EPA)
Newly born baby warthogs appear at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., on June 6, 2016. (Steven L. Gotz / AP)
A newborn American bison is pictured on June 2, 2016, at the zoological park in Amneville in western France. (Jean-Christophe Verhaegen, AFP/Getty Images)
Ring-tailed lemur babies cling to their mother at the zoo in Cottbus, Germany, on May 11, 2016. Three ring-tailed lemurs were born at the zoo in recent weeks. (Patrick Pleul, AFP/Getty Images)
Two white lion cubs sleep in a basket at a press event at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany, on May 6, 2016. The young lions were born on April 26, 2016. (Jens Wolf / AP)