Sweetie Pie, a 53-year-old hippo, died on Wednesday after succumbing to ongoing health issues due to her advanced age.

The Chacoan peccary is a distant relative of wild boars and domesticated pigs. They were thought to be extinct up until 1971, when scientists discovered them in the Gran Chaco, an arid region of ...

Sweetie Pie, a 53-year-old hippopotamus at the Sedgwick County Zoo, died on August 27, 2025. She succumbed to ongoing health ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Wichita girl paid respects to her favorite animal at the Sedgwick County Zoo. The zoo bid farewell ...

That wasn't the case with longtime Sedgwick County Zoo executive director Mark Reed, whom current president and CEO Scott Newland met as a teenage volunteer at the zoo in 1989. "He would talk to ...

Simunye, an adult African elephant, is pictured with calves Bomani, left, and Asali, right. Simunye delivered a stillborn calf in March 2025 and was instrumental in helping Bomani's mother, Talia, ...

The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says in the early morning hours of August 22, a suspect was caught on camera on Sedgwick County Zoo property. The suspect was involved in ...

Wichita police said a 23-year-old man has died following a shooting on Monday in Old Town. It happened around 1:40 a.m. when police responded to a shooting report at Douglas and Rock Island. Wichita ...