It may not be the cuddliest animal at the zoo, but that doesn’t stop a Michigan boy from wanting to pet a rattlesnake.

ROYAL OAK, MI - Staff at the Detroit Zoo say they are heartbroken at the loss of their giraffe calf who just died in a freak ...

Okidi, the giraffe calf, was born at the Detroit Zoo on Nov. 23, 2025.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It’s a boy! Pygmy hippo Jahari, the father of John Ball Zoo’s pygmy hippo calf, helped break the news at a gender reveal event on Thursday, Sept. 11 at the zoo in Grand Rapids. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sept. 5 (UPI) --The John Ball Zoo in Michigan announced the birth of a pygmy hippo calf, the first of its species to be born at ...

Read full article: Team USA brings Johnny Gaudreau’s kids on the ice for Olympic gold celebration Gold medalists of the United States pose after the men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and ...

With Halloween just a hop, skip, and a jump away, anything and everything pumpkin is making the rounds. From jack-o’-lanterns to pumpkin spice lattes, this is the season for these round, orange ...

A Michigan zoo has welcomed baby bintlets for the first time in over two decades. Potter Park Zoo said mom Thistle gave birth to three bintlets on the Fourth of July. Unfortunately, the zoo said one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it snowed at the John Ball Zoo in Michigan, a couple of otters did not seek shelter. These creatures took to the snow, and ...