John Ball Zoo brings in longtime Grand Action leader Jon Nunn to help advance plans for a large-scale aquarium in Kent County ...

The driving force behind major projects like the DeVos Place and Van Andel Arena has been tapped to help bring an aquarium to the Grand Rapids area.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo made his public debut Monday. Baby Hugo made his first public appearance Oct. 27 for a members-only preview event. The exclusive event ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Just like our human neighbors get annual checkups, our feathered neighbors do, too. The animal care team at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids spent several hours Thursday giving ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — On Sept. 13, visitors to John Ball Zoo can celebrate Monarch Day by experiencing the habitats and environments of butterflies up close. “They live short lives during the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has finally revealed the name of its pygmy hippo calf: Hugo. Pygmy hippo calf born at John Ball Zoo The zoo announced the name Friday afternoon in a social ...

They may be small now, but with help from two-legged friends at John Ball Zoo and Calvin University, baby spotted turtles are growing stronger for life in the wild. The two institutions have partnered ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Holland Christian grad and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins helped kick off John Ball Zoo’s naming contest for its triplet red panda cubs. In a video posted on ...

Rainclouds may have loomed, but Houston’s social set was undeterred at Zoo Ball 2025, themed Enchanted Forests, the Houston Zoo’s annual black-tie bash that raised an impressive $2.1 million for ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo is mourning the passing of two animals Monday afternoon. The zoo shared two photos in a Facebook post, honoring Sammy the chimpanzee and Sunny the kelp gull.

An 11-pound pygmy hippopotamus calf is the newest member of the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the facility said in a Facebook post on Thursday. The baby hippo, welcomed to the world on ...