Lowry Park Zoo staff welcomed a baby manatee into the world this week, although the delivery complicates the staff's goal of nursing the baby's injured mother back to health. ...more

May 21, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo staff and board members scoffed in December when the Association of Zoos and Aquariums suspended its endorsement of Tampa's zoo. Today, top zoo staffers are in Oklahoma City asking the very same group to reinstate its endorsement. They will try to convince the group Lowry Park Zoo has toughened its animal transfer procedures and will embrace the group's program that manages members' populations of selected wildlife. ...more

March 27, 2009

Lex Salisbury lost his job running Lowry Park Zoo. Now he has resigned from a leadership position of a nonprofit zoo organization after several members said he and another Lowry Park Zoo staff member threatened the integrity of the group. ...more

December 22, 2008

The primates knew something special was happening long before the zookeepers began tossing them their holiday presents. ...more

December 20, 2008

Spectators gathered early for Presents for Primates, Lowry Park Zoo's annual holiday showcase featuring gifts from the zoo's docents. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

Two cute-as-buttons white tiger cubs born at Lowry Park Zoo in October are venturing into public, giving morning zoo-goers a glimpse of the rare pair. ...more

November 24, 2008

Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park's Zoo's embattled president and chief executive officer, is taking an immediate leave of absence. ...more

October 4, 2008

From the beginning, Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury insisted that his Safari Wild exotic animal park in Lakeland would be a separate, private venture. ...more

August 23, 2008

From the beginning, Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury insisted that his Safari Wild exotic animal park in Lakeland would be a separate, private venture. But a series of e-mails obtained by The Tampa Tribune show that the zoo's paid administrative staffers have worked to promote and garner political favor for Salisbury's private animal park. ...more

August 22, 2008