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 ...

Iowa’s Wildest Adventure welcomes a new male eastern black rhino in order to help increase the population of this critically ...

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 ...

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.

NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE BLANK PARK ZOO NOW HAS A NAME ... AFTER NEARLY 2800 PEOPLE CAST THEIR VOTES, KAMARA IS THE NAME OF THE BLACK RHINO CALF. Kamara means "moonlight" in Swahili.

Blank Park Zoo's Ayana, a nine-year-old eastern black rhino, kicked off last weekend by giving birth to her second daughter. The rhino calf was born at 4:24 p.m. Friday, and was walking and ...

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.

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 ...