Dearborn Heights City Hall will be closed Tuesday because of the extreme cold. Washtenaw County has announced that its county ...

Zoo officials say the closure is to "ensure the safety of our guests, staff and the animals in our care." They expect to ...

Zoo leadership will monitor the weather forecast and decide when it is safe to reopen. Those who had purchased tickets to ...

The Detroit Zoo and the Belle Isle Nature Center will reopen to the public Thursday after closing for two days due to extreme ...

Due to the forecasted extreme cold temperatures across Metro Detroit, the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center is closed ...

The Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center will remain closed on Wednesday due to the continued forecast of extremely cold ...

Each of the zoo’s penguins has their own personality, Brown said, whether it’s the way they eat, or something more amusing, like a penguin named Thor who showed a penchant for retrieving nesting rocks ...

A chimpanzee’s “sweet faces” graced the exhibits at a Michigan zoo for nearly a quarter century, and for decades more at two ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo announced the passing of Peggy the chimpanzee on Wednesday. Peggy was about 55 years ...

On one of Michigan’s coldest days — so cold that schools and even the Detroit Zoo was closed — workers at Elmwood Cemetery ...

Karen Philbrick of Oxford was named as the chief people and culture executive for the Detroit Zoological Society, which operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center.