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  • Meet the Keeper Talks include the Elephant Bath, Sea Lion Show, Bat Feeding and many others; check the schedule to see today's events.
  • Our Giraffe Feeding Platform opens at 11AM and 2PM (weather depending). You'll be eye level with these gentle giants as you feed them leaves of lettuce.
  • "Peach" and "Andy," our new Goeldi's monkeys, have arrived for the First Ever Crowd-Curated Exhibit.
  • Our Story Safari from May 6 - 19 is The Boy on the Bus by Penny Dale. Join us at the Butterfly Stage at 10:30 or 11:00am.
  • Two exhibits will close early on 5/17 for private events: Cheetahs closes at 4:30 and Aquarium closes at 5:30.

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Bear Cub Scout Elective 11 Photos subscribe to album

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Photos taken by the Bear Scouts attending Elective 11 on May 5, 2012.

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Girl Scout Badge Day Junior Photography Badge subscribe to album

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A sampling of the photos taken by the Junior Girl Scouts who participated in the Digital Photographer badge on Girl Scout Badge Day, March...

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Carnivores & Orangutans Enjoy An Early Christmas subscribe to album

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Some of Houston Zoo's carnivores (lion, tiger, jaguar, clouded leopard, fossa) and orangutans (Kelly (mom) and Solaris (son)) got to enjoy...

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Red Panda Awareness Weekend at Houston Zoo subscribe to album

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The Houston Zoo joined with Red Panda Network to host the Red Panda Awareness Weekend on December 10 and 11, 2011. The purpose of the...

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Monarch Butterflies at Houston Zoo Butterfly Garden - 2011 subscribe to album

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2011 has been a tough year for butterflies at Houston Zoo. The summer heat wave and drought we experienced very likely caused butterflies...

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Baby Greater Kudu Born 8-23-11 subscribe to album

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Exactly two weeks ago, there was something special happening in the rhino and kudu habitat in The African Forest. A female Greater Kudu...

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Aurora, our baby Orangutan subscribe to album

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A team of trained and experienced care givers are hand rearing Aurora, a female Bornean orangutan at the Houston Zoo. Abandoned by her...

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NRG and Reliant Energy Go Green on Global Giving Day subscribe to album

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Every year, NRG and Reliant Energy employees get together to give back to their community on Global Giving Day. Now in its fourth year,...

Nimue is the first to arrive.

African Lions Get a Chill-y Treat subscribe to album

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Houston Zoo Carnivore Keeper recently gave our African Lions some popsicle as a cool way to beat the heat. Photos by Dale Martin.

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HOUSTON ZOO OPENS REDESIGNED AND IMPROVED COUGAR EXHIBIT subscribe to album

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Gile and graceful, cougars once roamed throughout most of the lower 48 United States. Today, cougars are found in Florida and 14 western...

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Asante Cocktails & Conversation, March 2011 subscribe to album

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Guests also enjoyed behind-the-scenes tours of the McGovern Giraffe barn and found themselves face-to-face with the giraffe herd at the top...

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Asante Society Annual Dinner, May 2011 subscribe to album

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Asante members were greeted at the entrance of the African Forest by Zoo animal ambassadors as they walked along the path to the cocktail...

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Houston Zoo Naturally Wild Conservation subscribe to album

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Our mission is to make the Houston Zoo a leader in conservation as it relates to the survival of threatened wildlife, wise use of natural...