Ross the Harbor seal, a resident of the Blank Park Zoo since 2011, died on Tuesday following unexpected complications during ...

A beloved Harbor seal at the Blank Park Zoo has died. The zoo announced on Tuesday that Ross died due to an unexpected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. The annual Wild Lights Festival is back at Blank Park Zoo for its fifth year. This ...

A new snow leopard has arrived in Des Moines.MJ, a 7-year-old snow leopard, is now at Blank Park Zoo. He was moved to his new home from the Bronx Zoo as part of the Species Survival Plan.MJ is the ...

TEMPERATURES. I’M HERE FOR IT. THANK YOU. WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT’S BLANK PARK ZOO TRAIN RIDE DERAILMENT. ZOO OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE LEARNED OF A FEW INJURIES.

Blank Park Zoo is entering an exciting new era with never-before-seen attractions. Starting in July, Blank Park is temporarily taking on a new name: Dino Park Zoo. That's right, Jurassic Park is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s Wildest Adventure welcomes a new male eastern black rhino in order to help increase the population of this critically endangered species. Ajani Joe, known as “AJ”, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Blank Park Zoo is soon to become home to 15 life-size, animatronic dinosaurs as it undergoes a prehistoric twist this summer. Staff said the zoo will transform into “Dino ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines recently broke ground on a new facility to help save African lions. The Marjorie A. Foster Lion Conservation Center will more than triple the Blank Park ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo is looking for a veterinary technician to help care for the thousands of animals that call ...

At over 85 years old, it's understandable that Barnaby might have some difficulties getting around. Add to that his shoulder's propensity for dislocating while he walks around and his nearly 500-pound ...

Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. The annual Wild Lights Festival is back at Blank Park Zoo for its fifth year. This year's theme is animals, insects and plants. Visitors of all ages can ...