Dickerson Park Zoo educator Joey Powell introduces us to two blue-tongued skinks named Herman and Buddy.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Dickerson Park Zoo celebrated Halloween early with pumpkin treats for animals throughout the facility. Hugo the elephant squashed pumpkins in his annual Halloween tradition.

Phoenix, a bald eagle that served as a longtime ambassador for Dickerson Park Zoo, was humanely euthanized Oct. 14 after spending the past several years under veterinary care for age-related joint ...

Dickerson Park Zoo found out that two litters of maned wolf pups it welcomed in November are all boys. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service classifies maned wolves as endangered. "The birth of five male ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Dickerson Park Zoo's nationally recognized breeding program was dealt a blow Wednesday when the first Asian elephant calf born by artificial insemination died of a mysterious ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. An Asian elephant searches for more hay at the St. Louis Zoo on Oct. 13, 2013. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com ...