St. Louis Zoo

Park leaders share what it takes to transform a golf course into a safari park, the zoo’s aim to bolster endangered species, and how the park will be a boon to local wildlife and the regional economy.

Watch him play, run around and bond with his mom, Jade.

Jet, the Asian elephant born at the St. Louis Zoo this month, was conceived via artificial insemination as part of a sustainable breeding plan.

Jet and his mother, Jade, are bonding in private, and the zoo has not yet announced when the public can view the new baby.

The Evolv system is designed to be fast and is part of a larger safety upgrade at the Zoo that includes new cameras and a security dog.

American burying beetles bring dead animals underground, turn them into preserved meatballs and feed them to their babies. The St. Louis Zoo is working to save the threatened beetle.

Destination Discovery will feature new animal habitats and interactive play. It is being built with sustainable design practices.

Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction.

American red wolves were declared extinct in the wild in 1980, but conservation groups have since been working to repopulate the species.

The 425-acre plot sits in Spanish Lake, near Ferguson at the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.