There’s nothing tiny about a baby giraffe. Standing about six feet tall and weighing around 150 pounds at birth, a newborn ...

Just a couple of months after baby Beni was born at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium, another giraffe is joining the herd.

The female giraffe, named Aspen, was born Dec. 29, 2025, the zoo said. A new giraffe exhibit is anticipated to open this ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is celebrating a towering new arrival. Alika, a 4-year-old Masai giraffe, ...

A baby orangutan has joined the Kansas City Zoo, officials announced on Mother’s Day. The baby, a male Bornean orangutan, was born May 8 to mother Josie, who was also born at the Kansas City Zoo, but ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Holiday lights should not be thrown in the garbage or recycling bins. Recycle your broken, old or unused holiday lights at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium this winter. The Zoo is ...

January 15, 1967. The Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers 35 to 10 in the first AFL-NFL Championship. Though KC lost, every football fan won since that game became Super Bowl I - a vision ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A group of penguins waddled through the Kansas City Zoo’s Helzberg Plaza Saturday morning as part of a weekend parade that will continue through March 1. Zoo handlers led the ...

KANSAS CITY —There is a new 6-foot-tall bundle of joy at the KCZoo. On Friday, the zoo introduced Aspen, a female Masai giraffe born to 4-year-old Alika on December 29.