Reid Park Zoo

Reid Park Zoo will make you wanna jump, jump over to meet the new poison dart frogs! The poison dart frog habitat will open to the public 9 a.m. Tuesday June 20, 2017, thanks to a generous Legacy G...

You, You, you “otter” go to Summer Safari Nights every Friday starting May 19 through August 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Reid Park Zoo.Enjoy live music, family-friendly animal features, special food...

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Otters are built for life in the water. They can close their ears and nostrils when underwater, and have great webbed feet and a strong tails for swimming fast.

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Reid Park Zoo celebrated an "Earth Day Birthday" Saturday April 22 with the arrival of a baby female tamandua. The baby's name is Terra. Terra is a Latin name meaning "the planet earth."

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You, You, you “otter” go to Summer Safari Nights every Friday starting May 19 through August 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Reid Park Zoo.Enjoy live music, family-friendly animal features, special food...

Looking for an under $100 Mother's Day Gift? A family membership is $80, and gets your momma FREE Zoo admission year round. You can also adopt an animal and share the love! Use codes: ELEMOM for ju...

Celebrate Nandi, Tucson’s cutest elephant, with a story about her family far away in Africa. You will love the original story and music written by Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Michael Fan.

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Make a hippity, hoppity, stoppity at Reid Park Zoo to meet the Easter Bunny 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday April 15 and 16. You can take your own photos on your phone, or purchase a photo fr...

There's nothing more Arizona than #BearDay! At Reid Park Zoo, we have Andean Bears, Grizzly Bears and of course, in Tucson, we #BearDown!

Read more about Ronan and Finley's Zoo rescue: http://bit...

Join Reid Park Zoo for Wine Gone Wild, and help contribute to the animals at the Zoo! Sample a variety of wines and spirits from wineries, distributors, and distilleries, enjoy tasty bite-size trea...

At Reid Park Zoo, we know what it takes to make BIG ideas a reality and we know big ideas look like YOU. http://bit.ly/2gfzQJh

Nothing gets you closer than Reid Park Zoo. As we look back on the l...

There’s a new mob in town – and they’ve made their home at Reid Park Zoo. The Zoo has a new “mob,” or group, of meerkats on exhibit for the public to enjoy.

The Zoo decided to build the new exhibi...

Try out a variety of fitness formats, get a wellness, and visit health-related vendors at the Zoo’s annual Zoo Fit Fest, presented by Juan Acevedo-Mora, Group Fitness Instructor & Coach, and Lupe D...

We all love watching the natural behaviors of animals. At Reid Park Zoo, the animal care staff really gets a kick out of taking care of the animals by using different enrichment!

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TUCSON, Arizona – We all love watching the natural behaviors of animals. At Reid Park Zoo, the animal care staff really gets a kick out of taking care of the animals by using different enrichment!
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Teen volunteers are volunteer educators. They work on Zoo grounds, helping to inspire visitors of all ages about the Zoo's animals, and about protecting wildlife. Teen volunteers may be 13-17 years...

Continuing to be a great zoo requires a major enhancement in the health care environment for our animals. A new Animal Health Center is the cornerstone of Reid Park Zoo’s future growth.

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The Reid Park Zoo Gibbons family is moving into their new home for the new year! Join Zoo Administrator Jason Jacobs for a behind the scenes look at their new habitat - just before Billy, Moms and ...

Dr. Alexis Moreno and the animal care staff have successfully completed three blood transfusions in Nikita, one of two elderly jaguars at Reid Park Zoo. This type of medical therapy is the first of...

Watch Shombay the lion receive a kidney treatment behind the scenes in the Reid Park Zoo lion observation room.

The animals, as the old cliché goes, are running Reid Park Zoo.

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Celebrate World Anteater Day at Reid Park Zoo. We are so committed to Anteater conservation that we have made it our logo. Enjoy!

We had a feast for the beasts in celebration of our gratitude for all of you!

Join Reid Park Zoo for a squash squishin' SMASH Bash November 20 and watch your favorite Zoo Friends enjoy pumpkin enrichment!

Join us during the month of November for Nature Play Sundays at the Zoo! From 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. each Sunday in November we’ll have a free-play area set up near our Conservation Learning Center f...

Young elephant Nandi turned 2 years old on August 20, 2016, and what 2-year-old doesn't love a birthday party?

Tucson gets pretty hot in the summertime, but Reid Park Zoo makes sure all its animal residents have plenty of ways to stay cool.

When a Tucson summer storm knocked down a nearby resident's 60-year-old pine tree, local business TLC Environmental Services arranged to deliver the stump to the elephant habitat at Reid Park Zoo. ...

Baheem, a Malayan tiger at Reid Park Zoo, opens a box containing a brand new toy to play with.

Get up close with the Zoo's African spotted-necked otters, Hasani and Pfeiffer, as they explore an exciting new tunnel in their exhibit!

Reid Park Zoo's Teen Volunteers travel to White Water Draw in McNeil AZ to see Sandhill Cranes.

This December, world leaders are gathering in Paris to complete a new global climate agreement--an extraordinary opportunity for the international community to work together to meet the threat of c...

Have you ever wondered what the elephants are doing when they're out of view in Expedition Tanzania? Our elephant keeper team conducts multiple training sessions per day with the elephants, and som...

On the evening of August 29th, female tapir Contessa gave birth to a healthy male calf!

Female elephant calf Nandi was born on August 20, 2014. On her first birthday, we present this compilation of our favorite moments from the last year. We hope you enjoy it!

Conservation is a big part of Reid Park Zoo's mission. Celebrations like this one, on Word Elephant Day, allow us to involve our guests in the important work necessary to protect animals in the wil...

Tucson's sudden summer storms can turn animal exhibits into mud pits in just a few minutes. Lions aren't generally known for their love of water, but this exciting break in their afternoon routine ...

Black and white ruffed lemurs are curious animals and they didn't take long to master their new food delivery enrichment puzzle.

During the hot Tucson summer, animals are given the opportunity to cool off with a shower. Does a king vulture like the water? Watch and find out!

Can't get enough of Reid Park Zoo's baby elephant Nandi? Here's a longer video of Nandi playing in the mud wallow,and swimming in the pool with her family. Enjoy!

Seven month old African elephant Nandi learns how to take a dust bath.

A compilation of some of Nandi's cutest moments!

Last month we decorated for Rodeo Days, and now that the decorations are no longer needed, we thought grizzly bears Ronan and Finely might enjoy playing with them!

Watch as Alisha, the Zoo Keeper, creates a fun puzzle feeder for Junior, a black and white ruffed lemur.

Fennec fox Amir is a demonstration animal at Reid Park Zoo. He is featured in education programs and presentations, and Educators keep him socialized by interacting with him frequently. In this ses...

Nandi gets some supervised swim time in the elephant barn. She's too young to play in the big pool on exhibit (which has been temporarily drained for safety), but Keepers have made sure she has a s...

Nandi, the Zoo's 11-week-old elephant calf, gets SUPER EXCITED when her Zoo Keepers arrive each morning. She runs and spins and sometimes literally bounces off the walls. Here's a sample of what he...

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Nandi the baby elephant gets a shower from her Keepers. She's just over a month old, and so playful!