Kansas City Zoo

The backstory that led to three Humboldt penguins admiring Monet's "Water Lilies," Caravaggio's "Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness" and other works of fine art.

Kansas lawmakers opt to rein in Gov. Laura Kelly's emergency authorities, the pandemic pushes Kansas City to get creative with its public spaces, and what brought about penguins roaming the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art last week?

Smaller crowds and one way traffic are some of the safety adjustments the zoo is planning so public can return

One rural Kansas town's response to COVID-19, the Kansas City Zoo without foot traffic, moving strangers from your personal space, and a not so solitary run

Back in 1970, Ilus Davis was the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. The mob was a force to be reckoned with. The suburbs were booming. Paul Rudd was still in…

The merry-go-rounds of Missouri and carousels of Kansas offer cheap rides on some of the finest examples of Americana folk art. You can find many of these still operating around the city, from the Kansas City Zoo to Worlds of Fun and well beyond.

The Kansas City Zoo billed it as a big announcement—a remodeled home for its seven elephants—but it wasn't the huge announcement the zoo was hoping to…

Segment 1: An update on the Kansas Board of Regents' strategic 10-year plan for higher education which wraps next year.Foresight 2020 has three goals for…

Segment 1: Fight the winter blues with adorable baby animals.The Kansas City Zoo welcomed a baby king penguin named Blizzard. We hear about how Blizzard…

Segment 1: Why public money is needed to get a proposed underwater attraction off the ground.With more than $60 million already raised for a…

The chairman of the Kansas City Zoo Board says a $75 million proposed aquarium project might be dead if the city can't come up with $7 million.“I’m…

For three years, a female named Berlin has been the sole attraction at the Kansas City Zoo's polar bear exhibit. Those days will soon be over: Another…