GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Along with every Grand Rapidian’s favorite red panda couple, John Ball Zoo has added a few new furry and feathered faces ahead of its season opening this coming Friday. This year, ...

Five-year-old Saiful Alam from Assam, who was mauled to death by a leopard in a tea estate at Iyerpadi near Valparai on Saturday (December 6, 2025), was the third child to have been killed in the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WLNS) — Bald eagles, a snow leopard, a coati and a sloth are settling in at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids. These awesome animals will be ready to welcome visitors back for the ...

Sloths, the world's slowest mammals, have evolved over 64 million years into a species that thrives throughout Central America and northern South America, but climate change and human sprawl could be ...

Linus, a longtime resident of John Ball Zoo who died in 2021 and is pictured here, paved the way for the new sloth who is making its Grand Rapids debut Friday, March 24, at the zoo's season opening ...