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This month\’s Member Morning features Rhinos!
The Houston Zoo is open at 8:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month for Members Only. This will give you the opportunity to view our dedicated staff prepare the zoo for a new day.
During your visit we offer you a chance to hear from one of our Zoo’s experts and gain professional insight about a select animal resident or area. Learn from the best in the field about what it really takes to care for the diverse animals that call the Zoo home.
Programs begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. Approximate program length is 30 minutes.
Registration is not required. Please bring your membership card and photo ID as usual. Due to early admission, not every animal is available at this time
Adults 18+
Saturday, December 1
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Ever flip through a wildlife magazine and wish your animal pictures could look that good? Planning to come to Photo Day and want some pointers and practice first? Join us as we learn some basics of wildlife photography and take a mini-safari through the Zoo to capture some of our most photogenic animals. This session is for beginners, and a digital or film SLR camera is recommended. Cameras will not be provided.
Register for Point, Click, Zoo and receive a $5 discount to Photo Day! Discount code will be provided in class.
Join us at the front of Carruth Natural Encounters and the Red Panda Exhibit for Red Panda Spotlight on Species.
Saturday and Sunday, December 1-2
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Join Houston Zoo in assisting the Red Panda Network’s mission to build awareness for the beautiful endangered red panda (aka firefox) and its habitat – both are disappearing due to human pressures: road building, tree cutting, cattle grazing and many other factors.
Events and Activities:
Games
Meet the Keeper Talks
Enrichment & Training Demos
Face painting & temporary tattoos
Red Panda merchandise for sale
All proceeds raised during our Red Panda Spotlight on Species Weekend will be donated to the Red Panda Network. The Red Panda Network is committed to the conservation of wild red pandas and their habitat through the education and empowerment of local communities by adaptive community-based research, education, and carbon mitigation. Their efforts currently extend to four of the red panda home ranges in Nepal, India, Burma and China.
The Red Panda Network is the only conservation organization solely dedicated to the red panda. Currently they are fundraising in order to train additional ‘forest guardians”, conduct awareness-building programs in schools and continue to expand the protected red panda habitat. Many species that are found within red panda habitat, including the clouded leopard, takins and rare assamese macaques langurs, will benefit from Red Panda Network’s ongoing habitat protection program.
Zoo Lights November 23rd through January 5th
For this special night-time spectacular, the Houston Zoo will be transformed into a winter wonderland, filled with brilliant displays of colorful lights and festive holiday music.
Zoo Lights November 23rd through January 5th
For this special night-time spectacular, the Houston Zoo will be transformed into a winter wonderland, filled with brilliant displays of colorful lights and festive holiday music.
9:30 Natural Encounters: Otter Enrichment
10:00 Elephant Bath at the Elephant Barn
10:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Madagascar Big Headed Turtle in the Reptile House
10:30 Fruit Bat Feeding at the Children’s Zoo
11:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Rhinos in African Forest
11:00 Giraffe Feeding Platform in African Forest (Dependent on Weather/Giraffes)
11:00 Story Safari at the Butterfly Stage in the Children’s Zoo
11:30 Meet the Keeper Talk for Sea Turtle at the Aquarium
11:30 Natural Encounters: Otter Training Session
11:30 Meet the Keeper Talk for Cheetah Walk at the African Forest Trading Post Plaza
12:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Tamarins in the Wortham World of Primates
12:00 Zooper Challenge at the Butterfly Stage in the Children’s Zoo
12:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Chimpanzees in African Forest
1:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Otters in Natural Encounters
1:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Sea Lions
1:30 Natural Encounters: Otter Training Session
1:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Elephants
1:30 Meet the Keeper Talk for Swift Fox Training at the Children Zoo
2:00 Meet the Keeper Talk for Sea Turtle at the Aquarium
2:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Malayan Gharial in the Reptile House
2:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Sifaka in the Wortham World of Primates
2:00 Giraffe Feeding Platform in African Forest (Dependent on Weather/Giraffes)
2:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Giraffes in African Forest
2:00 Meet the Keeper Talk for San Esteban Chuckwalla at the Children Zoo’s Swap Shop
2:30 Natural Encounters: Otter Enrichment
2:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Birds of the World
3:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Orangutans in the Wortham World of Primates
3:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Lemurs in the Wortham World of Primates
4:00 Natural Encounters: Meerkats Keeper Talk