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Officials from Iowa’s Blank Park Zoo are announcing today that a California sea lion has arrived and now lives at the Zoo’s Hub Harbor seal and sea lion habitat. ‘Meatball,’ a rescued and non-releasable female California sea lion recently moved from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) in Laguna Beach, California.

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Blank Park Zoo’s annual conservation speaker series will return on February 6. The series will feature three speakers that will provide an ‘in the field’ perspective to conservation.

Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa and the Iowa Children's Museum are offering a ticket booklet that features single-use passes for admission to all three organizations.

Blank Park Zoo is excited to announce a partnership with KultureCity to develop the Sensory Friendly Zoo Initiative. The goals of this initiative are to raise awareness of Sensory Processing Disorders (SPDs) among Zoo staff and throughout the community, to increase accessibility throughout the Zoo grounds for visitors with SPDs and to promote inclusive experiences for visitors with SPDs. The initiative came about after a partnership with a team of leaders in the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s 2018 Community Leadership Program.

Two Zebras, named Duke and Duchess now live at Blank Park Zoo.

A rare southern cassowary chick has hatched at Blank Park Zoo.

DES MOINES, Iowa (May 23, 2019) – Officials from Iowa’s Blank Park Zoo announced today the passing of Zuri, an elderly female giraffe. The giraffe was humanely euthanized on Wednesday due to several age-related chronic health conditions.

A eastern black rhino calf was born at Blank Park Zoo on April 5, 2019. This is Ayana and Kiano's second calf.

Ayana the rhino is pregnant with her second calf.

Pupper, a California sea lion and long-time resident of Blank Park Zoo, passes away on August 30, 2018.