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Conservation in Latin America
The Houston zoo paricipates in and supports important wildlife conservation efforts in Latin America. Our own dedicated staff are called to action to save species like the Panamanian Golden frog and the Galapagos tortoise from the brink of extinction!
Panama 's Amphibians
Panama 's Amphibians
In recent years, conservation biologists have drawn our attention to a worldwide decline in wild populations of frogs, toads, and salamanders. In response to this need, the Houston Zoo has joined with a number of other AZA zoos and aquariums, academic institutions, and international conservation organizations to establish the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center in central Panama.
The Houston Zoo is working closely with a field study which supports a Lowland Tapir Project in Brazil's Morro de Diabo State Park to assist researchers in determining the Influence of Large Herbivores on Neotropical Forests.
The Houston Zoo and partners are assisting in the return of tortoises to Pinta Island, an island which has not seen tortoises since 1972.
