Reid Park Zoo - Tucson Zoological Society

Second grade students from Manzanita Elementary have been busy preparing treats for the Zoo’s primates–cotton mopheads with Fruit Loops cereal tied to each string!  The mandrills, gibbons, and macaques use their handy opposable thumbs and fingers to comb through the mops and pick out the treats.  Projects like these keep students AND Zoo animals busy [...]

Do you have guests in town over Thanksgiving weekend?  Burn off those pumpkin pie calories at 3:00 on Saturday, November 28 with a Behind-the-Scenes tour at the Zoo, and discover the rewards and challenges of caring for over 500 exotic animals every day!  The tour is just $15.00 per person ($10.00 for Zoo Members).  Pre-registration [...]

Pumpkin treats continue at the Zoo…who doesn’t love a pumpkin? 

Lots of animals at the Zoo enjoyed pumpkins over the weekend…even animals you wouldn’t necessarily expect to care.  It was a happy Halloween, even for carnivores!