DES MOINES, Iowa – A prehistoric adventure is in store for visitors to the Blank Park Zoo this summer. The zoo will, temporarily, become Dino Park Zoo. Beginning in July, the zoo will be home to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — In April 2024, the Blank Park Zoo announced plans for the largest renovation project in its 60-year history, and on Tuesday morning, zoo leaders broke ground on phase one. The ...

Fifty-six Blanding's turtles were released into their natural wetland habitat June 4. Three partnering agencies, consisting of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Blank Park Zoo, and ...

One of the nation's biggest insect zoos is coming to a bittersweet end. After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of ...

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.

Iowa’s largest zoo is adding sharks to its Big Reef Aquarium for the first time. Two bamboo sharks, named Snoopy and Pluto, were introduced this week at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines.

A precious baby animal on the brink of extinction was born at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday. There are fewer than 100 of these species left in the wild.

MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — The owner of an Iowa zoo is expected to recover from injuries suffered during a tiger attack. The Delaware County sheriff's office says 52-year-old Tom Sellner suffered ...

Iowa State's unique zoo also has several endangered species of tarantulas called ornamental tarantulas. Finding homes for its insects has been the zoo's easiest issue to handle, Mitchell said.