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Yoda, the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest, has gotten a makeover, courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel. She still looks a lot like her old self. –Mail Online
When the United States celebrated Independence Day on Monday, Koko the gorilla celebrated her 40th birthday. She had a party with root beer floats and got a new playhouse for the occasion. –Gorilla Foundation
Happy Feet, the penguin that ended up in New Zealand after swimming from Antarctica, has been identified by DNA tests as a boy. He has been recovering from procedures to remove sand from his stomach. –AP
Gus, the Central Park Zoo's polar bear, lost a great and longtime companion when polar bear Ida died last month. The elderly bear is not likely to get a new companion, so will live out the rest of his days in loneliness. –New York Times
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