John Ball Zoo

Kent County voters will decide this fall on a funding renewal supporting the John Ball Zoo and Grand Rapids Public Museum

Zoo leaders say they are committed to delivering a world-class aquarium to West Michigan, but it will not be on the proposed former landfill site in Walker.

John Ball Zoo's aquarium will not be on the proposed former landfill stie in Walker, Planned Parenthood of Michigan is asking Governor Gretchen Whitmer for an emergency infusion of $5 million, and more.

The head of Grand Rapids' John Ball Zoo is out after an evaluation period, Michigan's first Monarch butterfly of the season was reported last Thursday, and more.

The head of Grand Rapids’ John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids is out, according to a statement released Friday

It's the festival's fourth year, with last year’s event drawing over 145,000 visitors from all over the state

John Ball Zoo's popular penguins received their annual medical checkup, Democrats in the Michigan Legislature are figuring out their next move following an action by the House Republican majority to cut $645 million from the state budget, and more.

The Grand Rapids' zoo's popular penguins got poked and prodded Thursday in their yearly physical checkups

Byron Center based Faith Hospice is launching a new kind of grief counselling, a state task force says local courts rely too much on fines and fees to fund their operations, and more.

Visitors to Grand Rapids’ John Ball Zoo have a new animal to check out: a snow leopard cub is now on view for the first time