John Ball Park Zoo

When visitors come to Grand Rapids, there is plenty of attractions and events to go to. Here is a list of attractions that are must for out of town visitors to see.

It is National Zoo Awareness Day! Here are 5 zoos in West Michigan that you can take the whole family to this weekend.

What?!?! MLive is reporting that the John Ball Zoo lost one of its birds from the 'Realm of Flight' bird show last Monday. It looks like Cupid, the barn owl, which flies over visitors’ heads during the show got spooked and flew into the tree-tops; which would mean the bird is free...

Back on July 8th, the John Ball Zoo suffered a catastrophic failure, when heavy rain shorted out one of the two oxygen pumps for the Stingray Lagoon; but because it wasn’t a total power loss, the alarms never went off alerting staff to a problem...

Summer is fast approaching, and people are always looking for ways to entertain themselves in the great outdoors. Grand Rapids is full of awesome outdoor activities for people seeking to bask in the sunshine. I figured I'd highlight a few of them for you...

John Ball Zoo is planning three special days this summer where they will not only stay open two hours later than normal, but will offer two-for-one-admission. Two For Tuesdays will take place once a month this summer, with the first date being Tuesday, June 18,  followed by Tuesday, July 16, and Tuesday, August 20.

A fun, major fund raiser for Easter Seals Michigan is tonight at the John Ball Park Zoo. It's "Walk With Me" and is a nearly 2-mile walk that will wrap around the park and go through the zoo. It's a wonderful opportunity for donors and supporters to meet the people Easter Seals serve, while taking a nice walk and enjoying the Zoo.

The John Ball Park Zoo has undergone a ton of improvements in preparation for their 2012 season. Not only have they added some new animals, like a baby camel. But, they've also upgraded some of their facilities including the entrance plaza and gift shop, and added the Bissel Tree House, an indoor event space that's expected to open in August for weddings, corporate events, and the like. And then t

Sad news coming from the John Ball Park Zoo today, their staff reports that the baby snow leopard that was born at the zoo in June has died.

The John Ball Zoological Society announced today they are bringing tigers back to the Grand Rapids zoo in Phase II of the Zoo Society’s Restore the Roar Capital Campaign. WZZM TV13 reports the projects include the Bill and Bea Idema Foundation Funicular and Forest Realm, the Bissell Tree House, which was announced earlier this year, the new Amur Tiger Exhibit, a new Grizzly Bear Exhibit, V