Spud brought his curiosity and playful personality to Zoo Boise in 2018, eight years after he was born at an Indiana zoo.

A dish its creators called “barely recognizable as a ramen” took top honors at Good Salt Restaurant Group’s popular fundraising fete.

Sundar is his name; Khusi is hers. Matchmakers in New Zealand introduced them—in the red panda habitat of the Wellington Zoo. Objective: reproduction. Global networks of captive-breeding ...