Kansas City Zoological Park

It was a gamble — building a polar bear exhibit before they had any of the coveted animals — but it paid off for the Kansas City Zoo. </p><p>The zoo has learned it will receive a polar bear in time for the opening of a new...

In this article: Polar bear, Kansas City Zoo, North America, Brown Bear, and Giant Panda

...Protection Center. Showing his ongoing commitment to the Kansas City community, Conrad accepted a position Friday as a board member for the Kansas City Zoo. </p><p>Conrad has won the Team Humanitarian of the Year four times during his...

In this article: Jimmy Conrad, Josh Wolff, Most Valuable Player, Autism, Kansas City, Wizards, Kansas City Zoo, and E mail

The Kansas City Zoo has had its 500,000th visitor this year, reaching that milestone Saturday. </p><p>“We are celebrating,” said Julie Neemeyer, the zoo’s marketing director. </p><p>The zoo had as many as 630,000 visitors...

In this article: Kansas City Zoo

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A baby orangutan at the Kansas City Zoo is bonding well with an adoptive mother after zoo workers took care of baby Kalijon for months. The orangutan mother had refused to nurse her new baby. So zookeepers began human...

In this article: Orangutan, Kansas City Zoo, Borneo, and Endangered species

...among Borneo orangutans in North America. </p><p>“We’re just glad we have a baby,” said Randy Wisthoff, director of the Kansas City Zoo. </p><p>Orangutans are the only ape found in Southeast Asia, and their forest habitat is...

In this article: Orangutan, Kansas City Zoo, Borneo, Biofuel, Endangered species, and Poaching

...a dairy barn and a one-room schoolhouse. </p><p> Now, at nearly a half million visitors a year, attendance is on par with that of the Kansas City Zoo and not far behind Union Station. </p><p>The place is becoming so popular that Overland...

In this article: Overland Park, Goat, Olathe, Kansas City Zoo, Ice cream, and Blue Valley

...raw sewage -equal in volume to five Olympic-sized swimming pools - spilled into a tributary of the Blue River about a mile from the Kansas City Zoo. The Blue River runs through parts of southern and eastern Kansas City. City officials said...

In this article: Blue River, E. coli, and Kansas City Zoo

...sewage — equal to five Olympic-sized swimming pools — spilled into a tributary of the Blue River about a mile from the Kansas City Zoo. </p><p>City officials said the broken sewer pipe was repaired by early Monday night.

In this article: Blue River and E. coli

...there in “Hey Mister — Your Alligator’s Loose” ($29.95; Baranski Publishing). Clarke began his career in 1957 at the Kansas City Zoo and worked at Kansas City’s Midwest Research Institute and the Fort Worth Zoo.

In this article: Dave Eggers, National Book Award, Theodore Roosevelt, Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune, Midwest Research Institute, Barnes and Noble, and Gore Vidal

There are two new babies to “Ooh!” at in the African section of the Kansas City Zoo. </p><p>A female infant Guinea baboon is of the smallest baboon species, and a male eland calf is of the largest antelope species. Both were...

In this article: Guinea Baboon and Kansas City Zoo