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The Kansas City Zoo invites families to spend the night with penguins or polar bears, complete with cozy indoor stays or ...
“Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado” premieres July 2 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+. “Dora the Explorer” is one of the ...
The Kansas City Zoo, which is now named the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium, will unveil the new, 650,000-gallon aquarium on Sept. 1. The new aquatic habitat will add nearly 8,300 animals to the zoo ...
The Kansas City Zoo opened in 1909 with a modest collection of animals: four lions, three monkeys, a fox, a wolf, a coyote, a badger, a lynx, an eagle and some other birds. Since then, it has ...
The Kansas City Zoo will reopen this weekend, but with many new safety measures in place because of the coronavirus. Tickets must be purchased in advance and some programs will be canceled because ...
Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium taking extra precautions to beat the summer heat In partnership with Lektrik Art, the lanterns will arrive at the zoo on Sept. 6 and remain on display through Dec. 29.
The Sobela Ocean Aquarium at The Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium opens Friday, after a decade of planning. The 650,000-gallon attraction, named for the grandchildren of Shirley and Barnett Helzberg ...
A Kansas City Zoo employee takes photos of the Pacific Reef exhibit at the newly named Sobela Ocean Aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Zoo says it wants to build a $75 million aquarium. Some of the money — $7 million — would come from the GO bonds approved by voters in 2017. That’s a misuse of those funds ...
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium staff enjoyed a unique slumber party as snow blanketed the metro. More than 20 staff members from the animal care and facilities teams slept overnight in the zoo’s ...
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced on Tuesday that Skokie, a 15-year-old North American river otter, passed away on June 17.