SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than four years, the journey through Dickerson Park Zoo—Springfield, Missouri's most exotic 1.2 mile walk—has been a rather arduous one. On ...

Glass shards flew everywhere as Eric Gockel waited out one of the worst hailstorms to hit Missouri. One of the softball-size hunks of ice that hit the Springfield area on Tuesday measured 4.75 inches ...

A severe storm, with some hail larger than softballs, rained down on southwest Missouri Tuesday, damaging scores of cars and buildings and killing an animal at the Springfield zoo. Dickerson Park Zoo, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — During the worst hailstorms ever to hit Missouri on Tuesday night, staff at the Dickerson Zoo Park tried to move animals inside, including Adam, a 21-year-old female emu — but an ...

The Dickerson Park Zoo expanded its raptor rehabilitation program with the unveiling of a new flight cage on Wednesday, Sept. 23.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- They're cute and cuddly, but they require a lot of attention -- and they're a handful when active. So it's understandable April Horton is relieved the four sibling otter pups she's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Dickerson Park Zoo will remain closed Wednesday after a hailstorm caused significant damage Tuesday, April 28, killing one animal and leaving another under veterinary care.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Zookeepers at Springfield’s Dickerson Park Zoo mourn the loss of an elderly colobus monkey. Morgan, 30, died on June 10. He was the fourth-oldest colobus in an Association of ...

Reigning over Missouri with plenty of Americana, Springfield is an ideal destination for Midwestern road trips, and it is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A severe storm, with some hail larger than softballs, rained down on southwest Missouri Tuesday, damaging scores of cars and ...

Adam, a 21-year-old female emu at Dickerson Park Zoo, was killed in an April 28 hailstorm in Springfield, Missouri. Courtesy of Dickerson Park Zoo A severe storm, with some hail larger than softballs, ...