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 ...

There they gazed upon lions, monkeys ... It now houses the Tropics exhibit at the Kansas City Aquarium and Zoo. But thanks to a 1969 storm that destroyed the structure’s distinctive roof ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Zoo will soon be saying goodbye to it's goodbye to its African Lion, Kalu. Zoo officials say the lion will head to another facility where he'll be able to start his own ...