The trick was on the Lowry Park Zoo visitors at Friday's annual pumpkin toss, a holiday treat for the animals. ...more

October 31, 2009

The trick was on the Lowry Park Zoo visitors at today's annual pumpkin toss, a holiday treat for the animals. Alex, a 12-year-old chimpanzee, decided to throw the pumpkins at the crowd, who watched various animals chomp and play with carved pumpkins, stuffed with goodies. Jane LeFave, a zookeeper, said Alex is basically entering his teen years "and he has to show off." ...more

October 30, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo is back in good standing with the nation's premier accrediting agency for zoos and aquariums. ...more

March 28, 2009

Police say the response to $5 admission today to Lowry Park Zoo has created heavy traffic, packed parking lots and turned the zoo into, well, a zoo. ...more

January 11, 2009

Rental contracts of Lowry Park Zoo's new Safari Lodge can include animal encounters, zoo visits and carriage rides. ...more

December 15, 2008

Police think the three people mauled by a tiger yelled and waved at the cat from atop a railing before it lunged at them, but experts say that's only a notch up from the type of taunting animals regularly endure at the nation's zoos. ...more

January 19, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo veterinarian David Murphy just wanted to dry off Lucy, a 4 1/2 -month-old Florida panther, after she fell into a pool of water Friday. ...more

November 17, 2007