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 ...

One Blank Park Zoo tourist train clipped the back of another train at 7 p.m. Friday during the zoo's annual Halloween Zoo Brew event, causing a "minor derailment" and three minor injuries to guests, ...

The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines has announced the birth of a rare, critically endangered addax calf named Victoria, arriving ...

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 ...

Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines announced the birth of Victoria, an endangered addax calf, during its Diamond Jubilee.

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 ...

Blank Park Zoo will announce an $18 million campaign for expansion and renovation, the zoo said Thursday. Blank Park Zoo's "expand the impact" capital campaign will be the largest renovation project ...

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”, ...

Blank Park Zoo is welcoming a baby snow monkey that was born late last month. The female baby Japanese macaque, commonly known as a snow monkey, was born Aug. 31. The baby is healthy and the mother is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — In a big win for its conservation efforts, Blank Park Zoo celebrated the hatching of 57 Blanding's turtles. The Blanding's turtle is an endangered species native to Iowa, parts of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A tiger at Blank Park Zoo has predicted the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl on Sunday. Zoo staff said Misha, an Amur tiger, was presented with two boxes - one ...

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 ...