A baby cotton-top tamarin was euthanized at Blank Park Zoo this week after it was found separated from its family and in poor ...

Blank Park Zoo announced one of its cotton-top tamarin ... according to a news release. Animal care staff tried to reunite the infant with its family, but all attempts were unsuccessful.

A hit with locals and visiting families, the Blank Park Zoo sits on 49 acres, 22 of which are home to animal facilities and exhibits. Nearly 1,500 animals representing more than 100 species live here.

Blank Park Zoo's annual Wild Lights is back and bigger than ever before. The festival, which features 50 all-new illuminated Asian lanterns, showcases various animals, insects and plants.

Blank Park Zoo is seeing double as Kida, a cotton-top tamarin, has given birth to twins almost exactly one year from birthing her last set. The tiny duo was born at the zoo on Tuesday to their mom ...

Lots of animals get the zoomies ... for running around earlier this year with a video of Tumani from the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa. In the clip from the Des Moines zoo, the eastern black rhinoceros ...

Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines is practicing caution after more bird flu cases were reported across the state. Most of the zoo’s bird species are housed indoors in their winter habitats. That helps ...

For the animal's sleeping area ... March after the primate was found in declining health, the Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo said. Staff euthanized the infant monkey due to its condition.

In February 2025 Blank Park Zoo welcomed twin cotton-top tamarins ... Despite multiple attempts, the zoo's animal care team was unsuccessful in reuniting the family, the post said.

Animal care staff tried to reunite the infant ... term survival of cotton-top tamarins," the news release said. Blank Park Zoo is saddened to share that one of the cotton-top tamarin infants ...