GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo family has grown as zookeepers welcomed two African lions to Grand Rapids last week. Amara, 6, and her companion Upepo, 9, were safely brought to West ...

The cubs could not have survived in the wild, so in 2008 Sierra and Mystic were sent to live at the Phoenix Zoo. The typical lifespan of mountain lions in the wild is around 10 years, but Sierra ...

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 ...