Iowa Radiology and Blank Park Zoo teamed up Thursday morning to help get a clearer image of some special patents health. Iowa ...

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

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 ...

A fluffy fan favorite exhibit is back at Blank Park Zoo as the zoo enters its summer hours. Alpaca Acres reopened Saturday. People can head to the zoo to feed and pet the alpacas. They can also hang ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW AT SIX. EXPANSION OF THE LION ENCLOSURE AT THE BLANK PARK ZOO IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY. THE ZOO BROKE GROUND ON THE MARJORIE, A FOSTER LION CONSERVATION CENTER. ZOO LEADERS SAY IT WILL TRIPLE THE ...

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 ...