Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 9-year-old Malayan tiger is joining Dickerson Park Zoo, according to a press release. Cinta, who was born in California in 2015, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield will be reopening starting next week. Tuesday, May 26 through 28 is when the zoo will reopen exclusively for friends of the zoo members. The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The SaveNature.Org Conservation Prize will be awarded to Springfield’s Dickerson Park Zoo on September 1 for different achievements and leadership including raising funds for a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than four years, the journey through Dickerson Park Zoo—Springfield, Missouri's most exotic 1.2 mile walk—has been a rather arduous one.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield said its popular hippopotamus is being moved to a zoo in Cincinnati. The Springfield News-Leader reports zoo officials said Henry the ...

A longtime zookeeper in southwest Missouri was killed Friday by an elephant, a spokeswoman for the city of Springfield said. John Bradford, 62, died when an elephant inside the area at the Dickinson ...

The patriarch of one of Dickerson Park Zoo's monkey troops has died at 30 years old, according to a news release from the Springfield zoo. The Dickerson Park Zoo animal care team euthanized Morgan, a ...

SPRINGFIELD — The sign inside The Zoo at Forest Park for its annual Spooky Safari should read “Don’t spook the animals.” “As long as they’re getting their food on time, the animals don’t seem to mind ...

A 9-year-old Malayan tiger is joining Dickerson Park Zoo, according to a press release. Cinta, who was born in California in 2015, came to the Springfield zoo based on the recommendations of the ...