The Kansas City Zoo opened in 1909 with a modest collection of animals: four lions, three monkeys, a fox, a wolf, a badger, a lynx, an eagle and some other birds. Since then, it has expanded to ...

Although many of us have been avoiding the outdoors during this round of Arctic weather in the metro, the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium said it's a great time of year to visit the animals.

She died on March 11. Topeka Zoo Facebook Page 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.