There’s a new rhino at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo. The zoo announced Wednesday that four-year-old male “AJ” had joined the ...

Ajani Joe comes to Blank Park Zoo from the Cincinnati Zoo, where he became popular for his spunky personality and love of mud ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A rare rhino will have a new home at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. Ajani Joe, known as “AJ," was born at ...

Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines is now home to two bamboo sharks: Snoopy and Pluto. Here's how you can visit them.

Tumani the eastern black rhinoceros recently enjoyed snow enrichment time at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

A beloved eastern black rhino at Blank Park Zoo is heading down south. Kiano, a 12-year-old rhino at the zoo who first arrived in 2012, is retiring and will be moved to an accredited zoo in Texas.

The Blank Park Zoo announced on Thursday the birth of a critically endangered animal. The new arrival is a male addax named ...

According to Blank Park Zoo's website, Tumani is a black rhinoceros, which are a "critically endangered species," according to the zoo website. The zoo says this was the first time the rhinos were ...