DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A baby Japanese macaque has been introduced to the Blank Park Zoo. Taro, a baby Japanese macaque, ...

Blank Park Zoo is taking a prehistoric turn with a temporary name change to Dino Park Zoo, featuring 17 dinosaur animatronics ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo is introducing patrons to the newest member of the zoo family: Taro, a baby Japanese ...

Guests view renderings of the Blank Park Zoo plan after a donor recognition ceremony Monday. The zoo has secured two-thirds of the funding needed to complete the expansion, equaling $12.3 million.

Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. Chinese lanterns shaped like animals, insects and plants take over for the 2025 Wild Lights Festival.

Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo will pay a fun-filled visit to the Rock Island Public Library’s Watts-Midtown Branch on Monday, June 26.

The zoo's veterinarians, zookeepers and maintenance staff collaborated to create the perfect solution -- a one-of-a-kind, tortoise-friendly custom scooter built from an industrial-strength cart.

Barnaby, an Aldabra tortoise, is the Blank Park Zoo's oldest resident and has lived at the zoo since it opened in 1966. Last November, his zookeepers noticed he was having some trouble moving ...

Barnaby, an Aldabra tortoise, is the Blank Park Zoo's oldest resident and has lived at the zoo since it opened in 1966. Last November, his zookeepers noticed he was having some trouble moving ...

The zoo's veterinarians, zookeepers and maintenance staff collaborated to create the perfect solution -- a one-of-a-kind, tortoise-friendly custom scooter built from an industrial-strength cart.

The zoo's veterinarians, zookeepers and maintenance staff collaborated to create the perfect solution -- a one-of-a-kind, tortoise-friendly custom scooter built from an industrial-strength cart.