If you’re like most animal lovers, you probably can’t get enough of videos showing baby animals exploring their world, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Hugo the pygmy hippo calf, one of John Ball Zoo’s newest and most notable residents, made his public debut to zoo members. The members-only preview continues this week. The zoo ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Animal care and human rehabilitation experts at John Ball Zoo and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation teamed up to help an unlikely animal patient. Animal care specialists at John Ball ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A John Ball Zoo flamingo is getting a leg up thanks to some extra support provided by a custom brace. Andes the flamingo suffered an injury this winter that made it hard ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A flamingo at the John Ball Zoo is getting some much-needed TLC after he developed a limp recently. Last winter, the zoo noticed that a 14-year-old Chilean flamingo named Andes ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo is mourning the passing of two animals Monday afternoon. The zoo shared two photos in a Facebook post, honoring Sammy the chimpanzee and Sunny the kelp gull.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — At John Ball Zoo, guests can enjoy seeing babies Hugo and Juniper out in their habitat enclosures before the zoo closes in the next couple weeks. “We close before the end ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, says Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Just like our human neighbors get annual checkups, our feathered neighbors do, too. The animal care team at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids spent several hours Thursday giving ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — At John Ball Zoo, animal specialists and rehabilitation experts at Mary Free Bed have designed a custom knee brace for a very special flamingo in need, Andes. “He has ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo bid goodbye to two beloved animals this weekend — a chimpanzee and a kelp gull. Sammy the chimpanzee turned 47 in June and had been at John Ball Zoo since ...