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 ...

SAFETY FUNDS. NEW AT SIX. THE BLANK PARK ZOO IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS AFTER SEVERAL CASES OF BIRD FLU HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS OUR STATE. THE ZOO SAYS THE RISK THIS TIME OF YEAR IS LOW DUE TO COLD ...

Blank Park Zoo is seeing double as Kida, a cotton-top tamarin, has given birth to twins almost exactly one year from birthing her last set. The tiny duo was born at the zoo on Tuesday to their mom ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — In a Thursday announcement, the Blank Park Zoo revealed one of its cotton-top tamarins, Kida, is pregnant and expecting twins for a second time. In February 2024, Kida gave birth to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s Wildest Adventure welcomes a new male eastern black rhino in order to help increase the population of this critically endangered species. Ajani Joe, known as “AJ”, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo is seeing double after a cotton-top tamarin gave birth to twins ... again. Kida, the cotton-top tamarin in question, gave birth to twins on Tuesday. Both Kida and the ...

Blank Park Zoo's annual Wild Lights is back and bigger than ever before. The festival, which features 50 all-new illuminated Asian lanterns, showcases various animals, insects and plants. Here's what ...

Freezing temperatures couldn't keep more than 100 visitors from filing into Blank Park Zoo to light up their nights. For the second year, Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo, 7401 SW Ninth St., is hosting its ...

Iowa's shark population just grew by two — and you don't even need a boat to see them. Snoopy and Pluto, Blank Park Zoo's newest bamboo sharks, have been added to the big reef aquarium in the ...

The Des Moines Urban Design Review Board has approved design plans for an $18 million expansion project at the Blank Park Zoo. In April, the zoo announced plans to renovate the park. This will be the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A tiger at Blank Park Zoo has predicted the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl on Sunday. Zoo staff said Misha, an Amur tiger, was presented with two boxes - one ...