The Kansas City Zoo opened in 1909 with a modest collection of animals: four lions, three monkeys, a fox, a wolf, a badger, a lynx, an eagle and some other birds. Since then, it has expanded to ...

The Kansas City Zoological Society, formed in 1907, had grand ambitions—to build the largest zoological gardens in the world. And Swope Park, sitting on land bequeathed by Colonel Thomas Swope in 1896 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the loss of a 20-year-old rhinoceros. On Friday, the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium said Imara, a 20-year-old Eastern black rhinoceros ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There's a new joey about ready to hop around the Kansas City Zoo. The zoo announced Thursday the birth of Embley, the zoo's latest joey to mother Martha. Zoo officials are ...

"The zoo says that the decision to euthanize the female rhino was made on November 2 after she was diagnosed with renal ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo announced today, November 8, that a 20-year-old Eastern Black Rhinoceros named Imara has died. The zoo says that the decision to euthanize the female rhino ...

Mandaazi, a western lowland gorilla, arrived at the Sedgwick County Zoo last month. His transfer from San Diego was a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - An older penguin at the Kansas City Zoo is thriving after her care team crafted a custom wetsuit for her. According to Whitney Geslois, a senior animal care ...

The Species Survival Plan recommended moving Mandaazi to Wichita, where he will hopefully father more western lowland gorillas.

The chimpanzee was often found in the center of any grooming session and enjoyed relaxing in the sunshine in a nest she built ...