The Long Life of a Minnesota Zoo Icon

The Minnesota Zoo mourns the death of Nikita, a Burmese python who was a fixture of the Tropics Trail for decades. At the time of Read More

Friday, June 21, 2024|Animal, Herpetology, Tropics Trail|

Threatened Wood Turtles Released Back Into the Wild

The Minnesota Zoo, in partnership with the Minnesota DNR, has been working diligently behind the scenes for the past year on a new and critical Read More


DENDROBATIDS: 101

They’re small, they’re colorful and can sometimes pack a real punch. Poison-dart frogs come from the family Dendrobatidae and presently are split up into four Read More

Thursday, March 20, 2014|Animal, Herpetology, Tropics Trail|