Blank Park Zoo is welcoming a baby snow monkey that was born late last month. The female baby Japanese macaque, commonly known as a snow monkey, was born Aug. 31. The baby is healthy and the mother is ...

Baby snow monkey experiences snow for first time at Des Moines zoo "I'm very glad those people got exposed for who they were.

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) – A baby monkey at the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa experienced her first snowfall, which was caught on camera. Des Moines, where the zoo is located, got about an inch of snow Monday.

Born in June, Taro is the 46th Japanese macaque born at the Blank Park Zoo since the species was first introduced in 1985.