Emma the giraffe and baby giraffe Gelner in an enclosure as theirs is cleaned at the Dickerson Park Zoo on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. The giraffe house has heaters the keep the animals warm in the winter.

Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri, will reopen this Saturday after severe storms caused damage to the zoo. The zoo was closed for a few days to clear debris and repair power outages. No ...

The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Mo. will be closed for the next few days due to storm damage, with all staff and animals safe and updates on reopening to be made on the zoo's social media ...

Dickerson Park Zoo, 3043 N. Fort Ave., is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests may stay in the park one hour after the admission gate closes. For more information, visit DickersonParkZoo.org .

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - Christmas deliveries are taking on a whole new meaning at Dickerson Park Zoo this year. Zookeepers reported the birth of a new giraffe in the early morning hours ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Dickerson Park Zoo announced Friday that its male lion, Ade, has died. The zoo says Ade was 18 and a half years old and had been receiving treatment for kidney failure ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified Dickerson Park Zoo's elephant species. The zoo houses Asian elephants. How do you cope when the weather is bitterly cold? Do you relish ...

Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri, will reopen this Saturday after severe storms caused damage to the zoo. The zoo was closed for a few days to clear debris and repair power outages. No ...

Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri, will reopen this Saturday after severe storms caused damage to the zoo. The zoo was closed for a few days to clear debris and repair power outages. No ...

A zoo in Missouri welcomed three baby cheetahs and a baby giraffe in back-to-back months. (Courtesy: Dickerson Park Zoo) (KY3) The giraffe building will remain closed to the public on Tuesday but ...