A new event is coming to Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden this August, and it will only be around for a limited time.

EVANSVILLE, Ind (WEHT) – The Mesker Park Zoo will soon be hosting its very own Chinese Lantern Festival. This summer, ...

During a press conference on Tuesday, officials with Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden announced a summer lights program.

The Wild Summer Lights event is a Chinese Lantern Festival, in collaboration with the company Tianyu Arts & Culture.

From dolphins to red pandas to an adorable South American anteater named "Mr. Pickles" in Evansville, here are six zoos in ...

Officials with Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden say that details about a new event coming to the Tri-State this year will be ...

Mesker Park Zoo was first accredited in 1985. The zoo lost its accreditation once before in 1998, then regained it in 2002. The AZA reviews the zoo’s accreditation every five years.

Mesker Park Zoo isn’t the only zoo involved with the captive rearing of hellbenders. Three other Indiana zoos are involved with the effort, in addition to several zoos and universities across the ...

Eastern Hellbender We have written about the Eastern Hellbender salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in this blog multiple times. It is a unique species and plays an important role ...

Akasha, an 11-year-old female Amur tiger, was welcomed to Zoo Boise from Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville, Indiana on May 6.

The Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville. Gunner Kitchell, 10, of Carlisle, Ind., is greeted by one of two river otters in the Enchanted Forest at Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021.