Zoo Miami spokesman Ron Magill says he is raising concerns as a private citizen and conservationist. "If the zoo is the last place where a species of animal can be seen, then zoos have failed.” ...

MIAMI - A controversial plan to build a water park next to Zoo Miami was brought up and deferred again on Tuesday at the Miami-Dade Commission meeting.

The decades-long battle over a water park and other development near Zoo Miami comes to Miami-Dade County Commission for a crucial vote.