"Keepers were moving to get all the animals in, and you can't make some of them move," a zoo spokesperson said. "You can't get them to do exactly what you want." ...

Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield said the zoo's 21-year-old female emu, Adam, died during a hailstorm, while a male rhea was ...

An emu was killed after large, softball-sized hail slammed a Missouri zoo during a severe weather event Tuesday morning. The 21-year-old emu was at Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield when a dangerous ...

A hailstorm of these proportions is “unusual” but not unheard of in Missouri at this time of year, one expert says ...