The West Plains Civic Center has announced a full lineup of activities and events for July, offering something for residents of all ages. On July 10, the Dickerson Park Zoo will present live animals ...

He arrived at the Springfield zoo in 2012 from Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. The patriarch of one of Dickerson Park Zoo's monkey troops has died at 30 years old, according to a news release from ...

Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri, will reopen this Saturday after severe storms caused damage to the zoo. The zoo was closed for a few days to clear debris and repair power outages.

The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Mo. will be closed for the next few days due to storm damage, with all staff and animals safe and updates on reopening to be made on the zoo’s social me… ...

Hugo the elephant enjoys a bit of sunlight at the Dickerson Park Zoo before winter weather moves into the Ozarks on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.© Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader ...

Dickerson Park Zoo staff welcomed three baby cheetahs — two girls and a boy — on Nov. 16. A contest to name the cheetah cubs is planned for the first week of January 2025.

Dickerson Park Zoo and Friends of the Zoo have announced the addition of two special habitats at the zoo. Thanks to a partnership with Mercy Hospital Springfield, there are now two new nursing ...

The position is informally known as Zoo Director. Thompson has spent his entire professional career at Dickerson Park Zoo, starting as a member of guest services staff in 2004.

There actually had been a zoo on the site even prior to that. So the history even goes back the history of Dickerson Park Zoo is 100 years old, but the zoo itself goes back into the 1800s,” said ...

Dickerson Park Zoo is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. November-February and daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March-October. Sara Karnes is an Outdoors Reporter with the Springfield News-Leader.

Dickerson Park Zoo is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. November-February and daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March-October. Sara Karnes is an Outdoors Reporter with the Springfield News-Leader.

Jango is taken to an animal hopsital. There's a new tiger at Dickerson Park Zoo. Jango is a seven-year-old male Malayan tiger, and he arrived in the Queen City in early November, zoo officials said.