GRAND RAPIDS, MI - John Ball Zoo has welcomed two new lions ahead of opening to the public for its 2025 season. Last week, ...

Cassy the mountain lion, named for the Cascade Mountains where she was found orphaned as a cub in 2007, died at her Kansas zoo at 17 years old.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A pair of lions have made their new home at John Ball Zoo (JBZ)! The African lions, a non-breeding pair ...

John Ball Zoo introduces two African lions, Amara and Upepo, as part of its conservation efforts and 2025 Master Plan ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Ball Zoo announced two new big cats are causing quite the roar ahead of the 2025 season. Last week, a lion pair from Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee made the journey to ...

The zoo said scientific studies in 2017 showed that of the two distinct subspecies of African lion - Northern and Southern - Northern lions faced greater threats in the wild and were therefore "in ...