The Learning Zoo

05/31/2026

See you June 9th!

05/31/2026

Do you have pictures from our walk-in aviary? Share them in the comments below, we love to see them!

05/30/2026

The weekend is finally here!

We have a variety of animal shows and encounters scheduled today and tomorrow, make sure to ask our keepers who we will be bringing out next!

05/29/2026

Thank you all who came to our Mommy & Me Event today! We had a mermazing time! ☀️🐚

05/29/2026

Axolotl Snaxalotl!

Even though they look sweet and friendly, axolotls are actually carnivores. They eat all kinds of aquatic invertebrates, fish, and even other amphibians. If they are in crowded conditions, baby axolotls will even snack on their siblings arms and legs!

Not a big deal though, they can regrow lost limbs!

05/28/2026

Eating your greens is important for all of us, but especially for our lizards and tortoises! All of our plant-eating reptiles get plenty of collard, mustard, and turnip greens, along with occasional treats grown here at the zoo, like squash flowers, hibiscus, and nasturtium blossoms.

They don’t seem to enjoy ranch dressing though.

05/27/2026

Zinnia the leopard tortoise is the oldest animal at The Learning Zoo!

But how old is she??

Although we don’t know exactly when or where she was born, we do know that she was living at a zoo in South Carolina until the mid 1990s, when she was given to a private owner. He brought her to Florida and later Texas with him, before donating her to us in 2020.
Based on her earlier history it is very likely that she was born in Africa, and is at least 35 and possibly even older!

05/26/2026

There’s nothing like seeing a child discover their new favorite animal!

05/25/2026