Dickerson Park Zoo

Dickerson Park Zoo has shared more information about its reopening plan. The zoo will open to Friends of the Zoo members only May 26 through 28. It will…

Dickerson Park Zoo rescued five young barn owls earlier this summer, and, Thursday, the Missouri Department of Conservation took them to their new homes…

Springfield’s Dickerson Park Zoo has a new resident. Five-year-old siamang, Sebastian, came from the Montgomery Zoo in Alabama. He’s currently in a…

Many people in Springfield have seen Phoenix, a bald eagle at Dickerson Park Zoo, at the zoo or during a program she was part of. And if they haven’t,…

One day after Dickerson Park Zoo had to euthanize its female Malayan Tiger, Petra, it has announced the birth of a maned wolf pup, born on January 4. The…

Petra, an 18 1/2 –year-old Malayan tiger who came to Springfield's Dickerson Park Zoo from the San Diego Zoo in 2004, was humanely euthanized Tuesday due…

Visitors to Dickerson Park Zoo will be able to see a new animal species. A pair of swift foxes now calls the zoo home. Peggy, a ten-year-old female, came…

A 12-year-old siamang at Dickerson Park Zoo has died. Lucu died Friday from an acute bacterial infection that did not respond to treatment, according to a…

A black and white colobus monkey was born Thursday at Dickerson Park Zoo to first time mother, Raksha. Both mom and baby are doing well, according to Zoo…

Dickerson Park Zoo welcomed a new baby on Thursday. Mili the giraffe had a baby boy, and both are on exhibit but in a separate yard from the rest of the…