Detroit's abandoned Belle Isle Zoo is being demolished after 22 years. The Michigan DNR will restore the site to natural ...

Rebranded as the Belle Isle Children's Zoo in 1947, the project quickly fell into debt, closing in 1956.

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoo announced one of their beloved camels has died. Rusty, a male Bactrian camel, was euthanized last week. He was living in the Detroit Zoo for 16 years. Before that, ...

The Detroit Zoo said a beloved male Bactrian camel named Rusty has passed away. Rusty arrived at the Detroit Zoo in 2009 from the Brookfield Zoo and spent 16 years in the area. The zoo said he was ...