Save Animals in the Wild by Recycling Your Holiday Lights
This holiday season, give animals in the wild the gift of a little more room to roam. For the past five years, the Houston Zoo is helping keep waste out of landfills by…
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Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
This holiday season, give animals in the wild the gift of a little more room to roam. For the past five years, the Houston Zoo is helping keep waste out of landfills by…
Read MoreHappy holidays from our herd to yours! Thank you for supporting the Zoo throughout the year and helping us save animals in the wild. Below are some of our successes we’d like to…
Read More2021 Zoo Crew Scholarship Recipients Every year, the Houston Zoo Teen Programs honors several exceptional teens from our Zoo Crew program with a $2,000 scholarship. Recipients are chosen based on their dedication and…
Read MoreIt’s nine o’clock on a Tuesday in December. Children run along the sidewalk playing with light-up toys, their parents strolling along behind them sipping hot chocolates that may or may not have a…
Read MoreJust like the quality healthcare Legacy Community Health provides to its younger patients in the Houston community, our animal care teams provide extraordinary care to the animals at the Houston Zoo, including the…
Read MoreKiburi, Houston Zoo’s 14-year-old cheetah, was humanely euthanized Saturday after battling chronic arthritis and kidney disease, along with other age-related health conditions. With help from the Zoo’s veterinary team and the carnivore keepers’…
Read MoreWith Bat Week here, we wanted to share more about our batty friends and dispel any myths you may know about them, as well as share how you can help save them in…
Read MoreWe’re celebrating our five amazing veterinary technicians all week-long during National Veterinary Technician Week, which recognizes the work our veterinary technicians do here at the Zoo. Some of the daily responsibilities include: intubating…
Read MoreOn Tuesday night, 12-year-old giant river otter Dru was found to be acutely and severely ill by the keepers who care for her. The veterinarian team performed an emergency after-hours exam on her…
Read MoreSeptember 22 Update During an evaluation last week, the Zoo’s medical team found that Cleo wasn’t gaining quite as much weight as they had hoped with the supplemental feedings, and that mom Cairrean…
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