After nearly a year of being closed, the sea lion exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is back open for guests to enjoy. After nearly a year of being closed, the sea lion exhibit at the ...

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 ...

A fugitive flamingo that escaped a Kansas zoo over a decade ago has been spotted in Texas. The bird, tagged as number 492, fled the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, in 2005. But a summer ...

Nikita, the male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo, continues to be treated for a gastrointestinal problem. “As with many of our zoo animals, there isn’t any ordinary protocol for diagnosing a ...