GalleryGlobal Tiger Day July 29th
Celebrate Global Tiger Day with the Minnesota Zoo on Friday, July 29th! Come join us at the Tiger Lair from noon-2pm to participate in tiger-themed Read More
GalleryFrom the Deserts of Namibia
Josh Le, Minnesota Zoo’s Communications Manager, is currently in Namibia to help further the Zoo’s mission of connecting people, animals and the natural world to Read More
GalleryButterfly Brew
Minnesota’s prairie butterflies and other pollinators are vanishing along with most of their habitat. The Dakota skipper, a beautiful prairie butterfly, is on the verge of Read More
GalleryJuly 29th – Celebrate Global Tiger Day!
Global Tiger Day is July 29! It’s a great time to come out to the Minnesota Zoo to gaze in awe at these powerful, endangered Read More
GalleryTake Action During National Pollinator Week!
June 20-26 is National Pollinator week! Did you know that three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops Read More
GalleryTake our #Plant4Pollinators Challenge
Springtime is the perfect time for a fun family activity that helps wildlife – planting a pollinator garden! It’s a great way to learn about Read More
GalleryWhat’s a girl from Minnesota Zoo’s Bird Show doing in a ger in Mongolia?
Taylor Steger, Interpretive Naturalist at the Minnesota Zoo, just returned from Mongolia where she assisted with research to help save the Asian wild horse (also Read More
GalleryHow to Catch a Takhi
The weather in Mongolia is unpredictable at worst and constantly-changing at best. We can wake up in the morning to no wind, and then run Read More