Conservation

The gender of the calf born last week at the Grand Rapids zoo is important in preserving the endangered species

Leaders plan to submit the parking project for a sustainability certification, and outline details of new daily parking fee

John Ball Zoo is celebrating the birth of a pygmy hippo this week, an important step in the zoo’s conservation efforts

We talk to Bill Flanigan, JBZ Conservation Manager and Kids Day Presenting Sponsor PNC Regional President Sean Welch.

Zookeepers are sharing the big secret about the little addition born Monday, July 28

A $15 million donation is making the giraffe exhibit possible. It's the largest gift the zoo has ever received

West Michigan could be just five years from opening a massive, $370 million aquarium if all goes well with plans to develop it on 190 acres in Walker but there's a catch

Next spring, John Ball Zoo visitors will be greeted by some new park inhabitants

Researchers from the University of Maryland were in Ottawa County today tagging baby eagles, but they’re performing double duty: the researchers found a new home for an eaglet displaced by last week’s storms

John Ball Zoo is partnering with the Grand Rapids Public Museum and Grand Valley State University to track the sturgeon population