A fluffy fan favorite exhibit is back at Blank Park Zoo as the zoo enters its summer hours. Alpaca Acres reopened Saturday.

The Marjorie A. Foster Lion Conservation Center can house up to eight lions. The zoo currently has two lions on display. This ...

Blank Park Zoo is entering an exciting new era with never-before-seen attractions. Starting in July, Blank Park is temporarily taking on a new name: Dino Park Zoo. That's right, Jurassic Park is ...

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 ...

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 ...

IMPACT OF THE LAW. THE BLANK PARK ZOO IN DES MOINES ANNOUNCED TODAY IT WILL BEGIN MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO SOME OF ITS FACILITIES. KCCI’S ETHAN HUMBLE LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHAT THE $18 MILLION PROJECT ...

Barnaby, an Aldabra tortoise, is the Blank Park Zoo's oldest resident and has lived at the zoo since it opened in 1966. Last November, his zookeepers noticed he was having some trouble moving ...

Blank Park Zoo broke ground on Tuesday on a new lion habitat that will support the conservation of African lions. The ...

Have a beer with one of the 104 different animal species at Blank Park while listening to live music during Zoo Brew. Anyone 21 years and older can indulge in local beer at Blank Park Zoo after hours.