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 ...

Two red pandas born at the Kansas City Zoo this summer are now on display. The males of the endangered Asian species weighed less than 4 ounces at birth and now weigh more than 4 pounds each.