EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Gardens has a new resident from South America, Mr. Pickles. Mr. Pickles is a giant anteater. He's the park's first anteater in over 50 years.

Erik Beck, the Executive Director of Mesker Park Zoo, talks about the zoo and their plans coming up. Erik Beck, the Executive Director of Mesker Park Zoo, talks about the zoo's efforts towards ...

EVANSVILLE -- A national zoo association re-accredited Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden over the weekend. The re-accreditation means the zoo won't lose nearly half of its animals it has on loan ...

To help prevent this, Purdue University’s “Help the Hellbender” has teamed with Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden (MPZ) to attempt to captive breed the Eastern Hellbender. Purdue University ...

Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is celebrating the birth of two new Binturong twin cubs.The zoo says their newest twins, brother Pretzel and sister Poppy, were born to resident ...