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"All zoos are both beguiling and repellent," writes author Thomas French. In Zoo Story, French goes behind the scenes at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Fla., to examine the paradox of zoos that draw in ...

When Juniper French was born at 23 weeks gestation, she weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a Barbie doll. Her head was smaller than a tennis ball, her skin was nearly ...

French profiles Herman, the zoo's longest tenant, a beloved chimpanzee who had a thing for human blondes. And Enshalla, the Sumatran tiger whose infertility disappoints her keepers. The author ...