The Detroit Zoo and the Belle Isle Nature Center will reopen to the public Thursday after closing for two days due to extreme cold.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — The Detroit Zoo will be closed on Tuesday due to the frigid temperatures expected in Southeast Michigan. Zoo officials say the closure is to "ensure the safety ...

ROYAL OAK — Lauren Brown and Bonnie Van Dam occasionally forget how awesome their jobs really are. Perhaps that can be excused as Brown, a Detroit Zoo penguin keeper, and Van Dam, the zoo’s curator of ...

ROYAL OAK, MI — Two grizzly bears escaped their habitat at the Detroit Zoo and entered a restricted area at the zoo last weekend, according to officials. Zoo officials said the grizzly bears ...

Some big changes are being made at the Detroit Zoo to align with the rebranding that took place in 2024, including a revamp ...

Visitors to the zoo will have the opportunity to see over 2,000 exotic orchid species in the ProMedica Museum of Natural History.

A pair of GOP-sponsored bills would seek to bring the organizations that operate the Detroit Zoo and Detroit Institute of Arts under the authority of both the Open Meetings Act (OMA) and the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Ball Zoo (JBZ) announced the passing of one of their chimpanzees Wednesday. Peggy was 55 when ...

The Detroit Zoo's holiday Wishing Tree hears it all: We want health insurance, warmer weather, tires, a Super Bowl win for the Lions. On the recent bitterly cold night the Free Press visited ...

Many recent travelers called the Detroit Zoo one of the city's best family attractions. Spread out across 125 acres and boasting more than 2,400 animals, the zoo has a longstanding history in ...

Perhaps that can be excused as Brown, a Detroit Zoo penguin keeper, and Van Dam, the zoo’s curator of birds, have been mingling in the menagerie for decades. “I need to remember how lucky I am ...