DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Blank Park Zoo broke ground Thursday on a new exhibit featuring Iowa’s native wildlife. The Ruan Foundation Wild Iowa exhibit will feature bobcats, eagles, turtles, reptiles, ...

The first two giraffes to arrive at the St. Louis Zoo’s new WildCare Park enjoy a snack as sunbeams stream into the newly completed giraffe barn on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in unincorporated north St.

Although the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium has historic ties with the city of Columbus and continues to operate on more than 550 acres of land owned by the city and Franklin County, the zoo has been ...

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park happily welcomes its first two resident giraffes to the Zoo’s new safari park and conservation center, coming to north St. Louis County in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A wild, very “polite” and possibly lonely black bear recently paid a visit to its neighbors at a Northern ...

Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there. By Christine Hauser There have been plenty of children’s stories ...

Franklin Park residents will be electing a mayor and three members of council on Nov. 4, as well as for forming a commission to study changing the borough to a home rule charter form of government.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After nearly a decade of living at Lincoln Park Zoo, Siku the polar bear is saying goodbye to Chicago. The zoo announced that the 15-year-old old male polar bear will be moving to a ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is asking Franklin County voters for a 10-year renewal of a 0.75-mill levy for operating expenses, last passed in 2015. The levy would not increase the current taxes ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. For the first time in 23 years, Greater ...