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Saving Wildlife Together
Your visit supports our wildlife conservation efforts in Colorado + worldwide
What’s New at the Zoo
Glowing Wild Returns This Spring: Select Nights March 13–May 10
Our limited-time, after-dark event takes you on a glowing journey inspired by wildlife and conservation. Tickets are on sale March 5 with member early access on March 2!
Up Close. Eye to Eye.
Meet our giraffes up close during an intimate feeding experience filled with awe, insight, and a little drool.
Vote for Toyota Elephant Passage
TEP has been nominated for USA Today’s 10Best Awards for Best Zoo Exhibit! Vote daily through March 9.
Run to Raise Funds for DZCA
Exercise for you—enrichment for animals! Every step, mile and donation makes an impact for our animals.
BABY BULLETIN: DZCA Welcomes Endangered Huon Tree Kangaro…
Conservation is Love In Action
Naming the Next Generation of African Lions at DZCA
@DenverZoo in the Wild
Our lesser kudu calf has a name! We`re delighted to officially introduce Ella to DZCA.
Born January 5 to lesser kudu mom Eleanor, Ella has been busy bonding with her herd, including big sister Lizzy, half-sister Elphie and Auntie Betty the gerenuk (aka our “lessest” kudu). Weather permitting, you can spot Ella outside hanging with the rest of the girls in our gerenuk/kudu habitat.
Thank you to our incredible supporters, Robin and Mike, for helping us give this little one her perfect name. Welcome to the herd, Ella! 💛
It takes a village to care for wildlife 🐧
When one of our African penguins, Roast Beef, started showing sudden weakness in his back legs, our Veterinary and Animal Care teams teamed up with specialists at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital to get him the answers he needed. Through an MRI and collaboration with a veterinary neurologist, we were able to identify a spinal issue that helped guide his treatment and recovery plan.
With rest, pain management, and lots of dedicated care, Roast Beef has made a slow and steady return to swimming, and he’s now back with the flock and doing great!
Collaborations like this allow us to provide the very best care for our animals, and we’re grateful for the incredible veterinary partners who help support our furry, scaled, and feathered patients every step of the way.
#Penguin #VeterinaryMedicine #WildlifeMedicine #MRI #AfricanPenguin #VeterinaryNeurology #DenverZooConservationAlliance #SavingWildlifeTogether
Reminder that our next SCFD Community Free Day is Sunday, February 22! Free Day ticket reservations are only available on our website on a first-come, first-served basis and will not be available at the Zoo entrance. Please only plan on arriving if you have tickets. If you do have tickets, please plan on wearing layers and be sure to check out our indoor habitats like Emerald Forest, Elephant House, Village Hall, Pahali Ya Simba and Tropical Discovery if you need to warm up!
Couldn`t make it this time around? Don’t worry, we have more Free Days planned throughout the year! Learn more through the link in bio.
Cats hate water, right? Anyone who’s tried to bathe a house cat might think so, but fishing cats are a whole different story. These incredible wild cats are built to swim and hunt in marshes, rivers, and wetlands across Southeast Asia.
In honor of #FishingCatFebruary, we’re spotlighting Jonas, our fishing cat who can often be found lounging high on her perch in Village Hall.
Fishing cats have some seriously cool hunting skills: their partially webbed paws help them swim, and they’ll even tap the water’s surface to mimic insect ripples, luring fish closer before diving in for the catch.
Sadly, fishing cats are vulnerable to habitat loss, water pollution, and agricultural runoff in the wild. Stop by Village Hall to learn more about Jonas and how you can help protect these water-loving wild cats around the world.
#FishingCat #CatLovers #WildCatConservation #DenverZooConservationAlliance #SavingWildlifeTogether
