The center is slated to open in Indianapolis next year, and was made possible through a $4 million start-up grant from the Lilly Endowment.

Indianapolis Zoo says two African elephants have survived a deadly virus that killed two other members of the herd.

The Zoo said Friday that 12-year-old female Zahara tested positive last week for elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.

Kedar, a 13-year-old male African elephant, tested positive for Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus on May 6.

A white-handed gibbon was born Tuesday, Jan. 8 to mother Koko and the father Elliot.

The zoo says the two lions had been housed together for eight years and produced three cubs in 2015

The Flamingo Feed opened on Memorial Day. It lets visitors get up close and personal with the large, pink birds as they hold cups of krill for the flamingos to eat. The feeds can last up to an hour.

The Indianapolis Zoo is using a grant program to build on its conservation efforts this year.

Some Indiana farmers are turning crop land back into wetlands, which is keeping nutrient runoff from flowing to the Gulf.

The lone polar bear at the Indianapolis Zoo is moving to the Detroit Zoo this month after zoo officials decided to close the exhibit because it is in need of an upgrade.