Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. Chinese lanterns shaped like animals, insects and plants take over for the ...

The annual Wild Lights Festival is back at Blank Park Zoo for its fifth year. This year's theme is animals, insects and plants. Visitors of all ages can walk through the zoo in the evening to not ...

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.

The tiger arrived to the zoo in 2008 after being rescued from a wildlife trafficking operation, the zoo said. It lived to age ...

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 ...

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.

The species is considered critically endangered, with the IUCN crediting deforestation, pet trade and unsuitable habitats for its decline.

When: Friday, April 4, 2 p.m.-12 a.m., Saturday, April 5, 11-12 a.m. and Sunday, April 6, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Where: EMC Expo Center (730 3rd St., Des Moines) Price: $25 single-day admission, $50 weekend ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo announced one of its cotton-top tamarin infants born in February has died. The three-week-old tamarin was found alone and away from its family last Friday, according ...