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What’s New at the Zoo
'Tis the Zoo Lights Season
Don’t miss Denver’s favorite holiday tradition! Keep in mind, the most popular weekends and time slots sell out quickly.
Ring in the New Year—Adult Night Jan 1
Celebrate the New Year with us—kid-free! Tickets include one drink ticket, silent disco, carousel karaoke, and holiday fun.
Gift a DZCA Membership
Give the gift of wonder! When you gift a membership, your recipient gets early access and discounts for Zoo Lights.
Run to Raise Funds for DZCA
Exercise for you—enrichment for animals! Every step, mile and donation makes an impact for our animals.
DZCA President & CEO Announces Departure After 7 Succ…
Caring for our Gorilla Boys
Home for the Ma-hali-Days
@DenverZoo in the Wild
From all of us at DZCA, Happy New Year! Thank you for a wild 2025 and we can’t wait to see what 2026 has in store 💚
And that’s a wrap on 2025! We’re looking back on some of our favorite social media moments from the year and want to thank you for following along every step of the way.
Here’s to a wild and wonderful 2026! 💚
We are deeply saddened to share an update on Winnie’s pregnancy. Winnie, our seven-year-old Southern tamandua, was expected to give birth in late January. However, her baby was born around three weeks premature on December 27.
Our Animal Care and Veterinary Medicine teams immediately jumped into action and worked tirelessly over the weekend to try to stabilize the baby. Despite their best efforts, the pup sadly passed away on December 28.
Winnie’s voluntary participation in her pregnancy care, along with her adorable pregnancy announcement, delighted tamandua fans near and far. We know many people including our staff, volunteers, members and guests were closely following this highly anticipated pregnancy for first-time parents Winnie and Santiago and the first tamandua birth at DZCA in over a decade. This outcome was unexpected and has been a hard loss for our teams.
Winnie is currently doing well, and her care team will continue to closely monitor her health and well-being in the days ahead.
Thank you for keeping our dedicated teams in your thoughts during this difficult time.
It was an honor to welcome one of our African conservation partners, Dr. Deo Ruhagazi, Deputy Director of the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA), to Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance. A focal species of RWCA’s work is the African grey crowned crane—a regal bird with a complex conservation story. Once facing an 80% population decline, the species is now benefiting from RWCA’s efforts to restore both crane populations and the native habitats they share with African megafauna such as black rhinos, elephants, and hippos.
During his visit, Dr. Deo toured the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Animal Hospital, to witness llama veterinary care in action, and explored the Avian Propagation Center, meeting birds like kea, palm cockatoos, Queen Victoria pigeons, aracaris, and more behind the scenes. The following day, staff and volunteers were invited to attend a presentation highlighting RWCA’s and DZCA’s partnership in conservation and research and RWCA`s work restoring grey crowned crane populations, replanting native trees, and building citizen science initiatives in the region. He even got to meet one of our Animal Ambassador cranes, Basel, who was delighted to show off his training.
We are deeply grateful for this global collaboration and the shared commitment to advancing wildlife conservation in Africa and beyond.
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