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Looking back at the 1989 Central Park jogger rape case that led to 5 teens' conviction, later vacated Five teenagers were arrested and charged with assaulting Trisha Meili.
Blank Park Zoo introduced two bamboo sharks for the first time ever. The zoo's first-ever shark inhabitants, Snoopy and Pluto, have made the big reef aquarium inside the Discovery Center their new ...
The Chippewa Falls Park Board has voted to purchase the coatimundi, lemurs, maras and porcupine in the zoo's small animals building from trader Animal Entertainments Inc. for $8,500.
This special offer is available throughout June and July. Next, guests can purchase their discounted tickets directly at the zoo's front entrance. Reid Park Zoo welcomes visitors from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Rhinoceros is a large mammals. Image via Depositphotos The Sumatran rhino is distinguishable by its smaller size, weighing between 500 to 800 kilograms and standing about 1.2 to 1.5 meters at the ...
“The arrival of Ajani Joe is the next major step at Blank Park Zoo in our efforts to help increase the population of this critically endangered species,” Blank Park Zoo President and CEO Anne ...
The zoo is part of the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project, with the MI-7 phase that began last year. Zoo Director Logan Wood admitted they’ve had to make adjustments.
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Blank Park Zoo's newest addition is a ton of fun. Literally. Ajani Joe — known as AJ — is a 4-year-old, 2,300-pound eastern black rhinoceros who comes to Des Moines from the Cincinnati Zoo ...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025 / 09:04 AM CDT Updated: Jun 11, 2025 / 09:04 AM CDT SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Dickerson Park Zoo says Morgan, a 30-year-old black and white colobus monkey, died on Wednesday, June 10.