Animals & Exhibits

New at the Zoo

Dyeing poison frogs and a leopard gecko have been added to the Zoo's animal collection.

Where can I find these new animals in the Zoo? They are on exhibit in the Animal House Education Building.

Smile for the Niles!

The African crocodile exhibit is now open. The habitat features a large pond for the crocodiles to swim in and has two large glass viewing windows, allowing visitors to get nose to nose with these powerful reptiles. The exhibit houses two Nile crocodiles and one slender-snout crocodile. Continue...

What's for lunch?

Every Saturday beginning at 11 am near the Louisiana Habitat entrance, visitors can watch zookeepers feed the alligators and crocodiles at the Zoo.

2008 is Year of the Frog

"Year of the Frog" says who? The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has declared 2008 "Year of the Frog", not to compete with the Chinese calendar but to raise awareness of the extinction crisis that amphibians throughout the world are facing. AZA, joined with amphibian specialists groups who study Zoos and Aquariums, has issued an amphibian alert because populations of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians are drastically diminishing. The number one reason is habitat loss, but also to blame are pollution, pesticides, over-hunting, invasive species, climate change and disease. Continue...

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