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Lounging Lemurs Love Their Layout
Who doesn’t love a comfy hammock? Our animal care staff regularly move around the branches, ropes, and other perches in our primate habitats to keep the environment dynamic and interesting. Our black and white ruffed lemurs have especially been enjoying…
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Grizzly Bear Shake
Shake it off, Ronan! Grizzly bears are excellent swimmers who can store a large layer of fat to keep them warm and help them float!
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Flamingo Nesting Update
The Flock is Incubating Several Eggs! Zoo guests will notice that we still have access blocked to our flamingo habitat area. Our Chilean flamingo flock is caring for multiple eggs! Flamingo eggs have around a 30 day incubation time, and…
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Penzi Plays with a Clump of Grass
Penzi found another fun thing to play with! Turns out that a clump of grass makes an excellent elephant toy, and Penzi spent lots of time tossing it around and trying to chew on it.
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Goats Butt Heads Over Breakfast
What starts as a calm video of our goat herd enjoying breakfast quickly gets a little rowdy! Goats butt heads with each other to determine and maintain dominance in the herd, and sometimes just for fun!
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A Calm Moment in the South American Aviary
We are so happy to be open to the public, but will continue Bringing The Zoo To You online for those of you at home who haven’t been able to visit just yet. Here is three minutes of peace and…
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Threatened Species Day: Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Today is Threatened Species Day The most threatened species at Reid Park Zoo is the black-and-white ruffed lemur, who is critically endangered. These lemurs have lost over 80% of their population in the last 20 years due mostly to habitat…
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How Much Do Our Elephants Weigh?
Little Penzi now weighs over 600 pounds! That might sound like a lot, but look at how small that is compared to the recent weights of the rest of our herd: Mabu: 13,015 pounds Semba: 7,715 pounds Lungile: 6,295 pounds…
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Tapirs: Gardeners of the Forests
Welcome to #FunFactFriday brought to you by Southwest Gas. Watch today’s episode to find out why tapirs are considered the gardeners of the forests!
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Penzi Plays With a Ball of Twigs
Elephant calf Penzi recently discovered a round clump of twigs! She had fun dragging and rolling them around while her family browsed on larger branches.
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