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

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — The Detroit Zoo will be closed on Tuesday due to the frigid temperatures expected in Southeast Michigan. Zoo officials say the closure is to "ensure the safety ...

Many recent travelers called the Detroit Zoo one of the city's best ... Along with the animals, the zoo also boasts a carousel (a hit with families), a 4-D theater, scientific displays and a ...

On Friday, the Detroit Zoo’s Wild Lights was ranked by the voting public as #9 on USA Today’s list of America’s 10 Best Zoo Lights. “We just found out this week,” said Emily O’Hara ...

While many aspects of Belle Isle have been cleaned up since it became a state park following Detroit’s bankruptcy in 2013, the zoo remains a shuttered ruin coveted by urban explorers.

A short drive from downtown Detroit is the Detroit Zoo. Here, both locals and visitors can see over 2,000 animals and 280 ...

The Detroit Zoo's holiday Wishing Tree hears it all: We want health insurance, warmer weather, tires, a Super Bowl win for the Lions. On the recent bitterly cold night the Free Press visited ...

Perhaps that can be excused as Brown, a Detroit Zoo penguin keeper, and Van Dam, the zoo’s curator of birds, have been mingling in the menagerie for decades. “I need to remember how lucky I am ...