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 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 ...

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 — 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 ...

Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines plans to break ground this month on an exhibit that will triple the size of its lion habitat. The Marjorie A. Foster Lion Conservation Center will provide guests with ...

CARRY YOUR ID. HERE’S THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF HOW SCIENCE IS COOL. AN EMERGENCY AT BLANK PARK ZOO MAY BE EASIER TO DEAL WITH, THANKS TO THE WORK OF A LOCAL BLOOD CENTER. THIS IS A BAG OF PROCESSED CAMEL ...

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 is constructing a new lion exhibit, which will offer visitors different viewing experiences and is three times larger than the current enclosure.

Born in June, Taro is the 46th Japanese macaque born at the Blank Park Zoo since the species was first introduced in 1985.

Photos show the adorable rhino calf's first week. — -- A zoo in Iowa is celebrating the recent birth of a rare baby black rhino. The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, announced the birth of a ...