Giant pandas, an enormous octopus, cheerful sunflowers and big bumblebees are all part of the Blank Park Zoo's Wild Lights Festival, which returns this April with new Asian lanterns. The 2023 ...

Blank Park Zoo is welcoming a baby snow monkey that was born late last month. The female baby Japanese macaque, commonly known as a snow monkey, was born Aug. 31. The baby is healthy and the ...

Blank Park Zoo's baby snow monkey experienced her first snow, and after a cold day, the footage will melt your heart. Yumi the baby snow monkey was born at Blank Park Zoo on Aug. 31. Des Moines ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Another Blank Park Zoo animal has given a prediction for the winner of the Super Bowl. Blank Park Zoo staff said a 15 pound tiger shovelnose catfish, that lived in the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Blank Park Zoo is soon to become home to 15 life-size, animatronic dinosaurs as it undergoes a prehistoric twist this summer. Staff said the zoo will transform into ...

The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines announced the largest expansion in zoo history Monday. Zoo CEO Anne Shimerdla says the expansion and renovation effort will include the “Wild Iowa” exhibit on ...

Blanding's turtles at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo will grow to be about 4 inches before they are released in the spring of 2025. The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, the Iowa Department of Natural ...