DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Blank Park Zoo broke ground Thursday on a new exhibit featuring Iowa’s native wildlife. The Ruan ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Blank Park Zoo announced on Thursday the birth of a critically endangered animal. The new arrival is a male addax named Henri. According to the zoo, the addax is one of the most ...

Blank Park Zoo to hold groundbreaking Thursday for new Wild Iowa exhibit to kick off its 60th anniversary celebration.

Groundbreaking events were held Thursday at the state's largest zoo for an $18-million expansion called Wild Iowa, which will showcase various species that are all native to Iowa. Alex Payne, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Is there a "Jaws" remake coming to Iowa? Unfortunately, ahead of the movie's 50th birthday, there isn't. However, while not quite on the same scale as the classic film, sharks have ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — There’s a new rhino at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo. The zoo announced Wednesday that four-year-old male “AJ” had joined the fold. The eastern black rhino comes from the Cincinnati ...

Freezing temperatures couldn't keep more than 100 visitors from filing into Blank Park Zoo to light up their nights. For the second year, Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo, 7401 SW Ninth St., is hosting its ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Some new residents have moved in at the Blank Park Zoo. Zoo officials announced in a post on Facebook Tuesday that Line Seahorses, or Hippocampus Erectus, are now on display just ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo just welcomed a community of lined seahorses to its Discovery Center — all the way from North Carolina. Our fishy friends are part of a Species Survival ...

Ajani Joe, known as “AJ," was born at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2020. The zoo says his name means “he who wins the struggle” in Swahili. He comes to Iowa with the important task of increasing the ...

Blank Park Zoo celebrated its 60th year by breaking ground on a brand new exhibit, as well as unveiling a new logo.

The exhibit will feature animals found right here in Iowa, and it also serves as a rehabilitation program for otters, eagles, ...