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

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

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

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

Despite the colder temps, the Des Moines metro still has plenty to offer this weekend.

Blank Park Zoo’s veterinary team brought a box turtle, corn snake, two prehensile skinks, and a Tamar wallaby to Iowa Radiology for medical imaging. Blank Park Zoo’s veterinary team brought a box ...

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, ...

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Dr. Melissa Garcia Rodriguez buys practice from Dr. Gary Schulteis, who will slowly transition into retirement ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now it may close for good. It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a ...

The Phoenix Zoo enacts its "30/30 rule" for storm preparation, bringing animals like the giraffes and the tiger, Raja, inside to protect them from high winds and the danger of lightning strikes. The ...

On Wednesday evening, the newest resident of the Como Park Zoo arrived: a 4-year-old polar bear named Astra. Astra comes from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Her move to the ...