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One of most eclectic places to visit here is the South American Tropical Rainforest & Aviary, where you can see a variet...
08/23/2026

One of most eclectic places to visit here is the South American Tropical Rainforest & Aviary, where you can see a variety of reptiles, amphibians and free-flight birds (and even a two-toed sloth!).

We recently spied one of our two golden conures being sorta silly. They are known for being social and playful, and have been described as a “flying puppy.” That’s a pretty spot on description!

08/22/2026

Our red ruffed, ring-tailed and black and white ruffed lemurs show how the sound of carrot-eating can be quite mesmerizing!

08/21/2026

Our talented staff and volunteers created these fun goat cut-outs to tell the story of goats on World Goat Day!

And they couldn’t resist adding speech bubbles for some of our other animals to celebrate goats as the G.O.A.T.!

08/21/2026

It’s a goat pack walk in honor of World Goat Day! It’s a big day around the Family Farm, as our goats were harnessed up and ventured out into the Zoo, giving them a chance to experience new sights, smells, and surroundings.

Our herd is made up of three different goat breeds: Nubian, La Mancha, and Nigerian Dwarf, each with its own unique personality and, of course, favorite places to be scratched.
While they each have their own distinctive bleat and favorite activities, like climbing, there’s one thing they all have in common: they always know when it’s mealtime!
Here’s to the remarkable goats, who make us smile every day. Thanks to Jr. Zoologist Lucas for the video!

Happy World Goat Day!

08/20/2026

When it’s meal time for the Amazon milk frogs, keeper Stephanie says there are always varying degrees of success! The milk frogs have relatively good vision, and are great at spotting movement, especially in the dark (they are active at night). Their eyes have a sort of motion tracking and they can spot moving bugs easily, but if a prey is staying completely still, they might miss them.

They can also see things that are right in front of them! Our milk frogs are named Champpurrado, Horchata, Coquito, Atole, and Ponche Crema!

A strikingly snow-white bird with blue skin patches around its eyes and wingtips is the critically endangered Bali mynah...
08/18/2026

A strikingly snow-white bird with blue skin patches around its eyes and wingtips is the critically endangered Bali mynah, and you can view ours (and hear them) at the aviary exhibit located adjacent to Amphibian Alley and across from Koala Crossing.

Bali mynahs are the national bird of Bali, but sadly, there are very few individuals left in the wild due to the illegal pet trade. Thanks to AZA’s Species Survival Plan, there are about 1,000 birds found in accredited zoos, and throughout zoos in Europe and Asia. Currently, Bali mynahs living in Bali’s protected forests are descendants of birds born in zoos and released to the wild.

08/17/2026

We recently welcomed Bailey, a one-year-old female southern pudu, the world’s smallest true deer species. You can find Bailey at Puente al sur, where she shares her outdoor habitat with our ever-growing pair of Western Santa Cruz giant tortoises.

Southern pudus are quite shy, and are solitary except during breeding season where they are found in Chile and Argentina. Fun fact: they have a prehensile tongue that helps them to strip leaves off of branches, and they’ll even stand on their hind legs to reach food!

As you can see, she is already right at home!

08/16/2026

Lemurs high up in the trees (and well, on a fire hose). That is all.

08/15/2026

On your next visit to the Jones Family Gorilla Preserve and you’re looking for the newest member of our western lowland gorilla troop…you might want to look UP!

When Dara, our 23-year-old female, first experienced the outdoor habitat, she beelined to the tall cypress tree, and quickly found her new favorite place – with the best views!

While the rest of the troop generally keeps closer to ground-level or the climbing rocks, Dara has shown her arboreal nature, given her young age and dexterity. In the wild, adults and sub-adults will climb trees to reach fruit and leaves, or climb for safety and nesting, while young gorillas climb constantly. Heavier silverbacks are known to stay mostly on the ground, but are also arboreal.

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