Animals

Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo announced that after a week of voting, the results are in and the zoo has a name for its baby black rhino.

Who’s going to win Super Bowl LV? While analysts, media members and fans around the world make predictions based on match-ups, schemes, etc..., animals at the Rolling Hills Zoo were less analytical.

A Kansas City dog is reunited with its owners after a search that started on New Year’s Eve.

A rare black rhinoceros has been born in captivity at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City.

The Kanas Humane Society on Thursday (Jan. 14) provided a recap of its efforts in 2020 that included homes or placement for 8,944 pets and a save rate of 98 percent.

Two game wardens with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism found themselves in a sticky situation last week.

Federal officials say a bird called the interior least tern is being dropped from the endangered species list.

The Salina Police Department say goodbye to one of their beloved K-9's.

A family in dire need of help for their pet takes a creative approach to raise money.

The K9, named Lazar, retired in 2019 after having mobility problems after working with the department for four years as a drug enforcement K9.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism spotted a mountain lion on their trail camera located in Kiowa County on Sunday.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is warning drivers about what you could see or hit while driving in Kansas.

Halloween is on a Saturday. Despite the pandemic, people are finding creative ways to celebrate safely. Show us how you’re celebrating.

Staff at Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo on Tuesday (Oct. 27, 2020) announced the death of Viktor, an Amur leopard who called the zoo home for 13 of his 16 years.

The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City announced Tuesday the death of Amelia, a black jaguar, and long time zoo resident.

As Hurricane Delta blows over Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula toppling trees and knocking out power, one man is doing what he can to save the animals.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is asking for the public’s help to find out who poached a whitetail deer in Trego County.

The Sedgwick County Zoo has launched a month-long fundraising campaign, starting Thursday.

Construction workers in Pratt Monday uncovered a piece of history experts say could be thousands, or even millions of years old.

The Hays Fire Department helped Animal Control remove the head of a red Husky’s head from being stuck inside a cinder block.

A 14-year-old Kansas girl may have set a new state deer hunting record with a buck she killed this month.

The Sedgwick County Zoo welcomed five new additions to its animal family this week.

The Wichita Police Department introduced the newest member of its team on Wednesday.

Some people are dog people, others are cat people. This story will help bring everyone together.

Two dogs are safe after a stinky situation in Bel Aire Monday morning.

Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City welcomed two red panda cubs and four roadrunner chicks earlier this month.

A bald eagle launched an aerial assault on a drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy - which is known as EGLE - ripping off a propeller and sending the aircraft into Lake Michigan.

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which has been found in dozens of counties primarily in south central Kansas, is characterized in horses by lesions on the muzzle, lips, ears, coronary bands or ventral abdomen.

The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City on Friday announced the birth of a yet-to-be-named reticulated giraffe calf.

The Sedgwick County Zoo announced on Friday that it is launching Zoobilee to-go, a spin on its premier fundraiser which helps feed and care for the animals all year long.