ZOOMS Design Challenge
The Minnesota Zoo ZOOMS STEM Design Challenge presented by Flint Hills Resources offers students a chance to develop a solution to a ‘real’ problem faced by zookeepers and staff Read More
GalleryAutumn Nighttime Nature Fun
Explore Nighttime Nature LISTEN: Sit together outside in silence for five minutes. What nighttime nature sounds do you hear? (Insect sounds, leaves/grasses blowing in the Read More
GalleryFamily Fun September – Sea Otter
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris The Minnesota Zoo is home to three sea otters—Capers, Jasper, and Rocky. They were each found as orphaned pups in the Read More
GalleryFamily Fun August – Tigers
Where They Live: Tigers prefer the forests and some tall grass areas of southeast Asia and the Russian Far East . What They Eat: Tigers Read More
GalleryFamily Fun July – Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae Where They Live: Emu are native to Australia and are found in a variety of habitats including grassland, wooded savannah, and dry forests. Read More
GalleryFamily Fun May – Moose
Moose Alces alces Large, long-legged and lumpy, moose wander woods and waterways gobbling grasses and other plants to nourish their big bodies. Where They Live: Read More
GalleryFamily Fun this March – The Lesser Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor Although it’s the tallest bird on the Zoo’s Tropics Trail, the lesser flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo. Where They Read More
GalleryFamily Fun February – Sea Turtles
Sea Turtles The Minnesota Zoo has two species of sea turtles – the Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys kempii, which is critically endangered, and the Read More