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On Tuesday June 18 the Kipp Aquarium will close early at 5:30.

We're re-doing the macaw enclosures near the front entrance to make them even nicer for the birds and for our guests to see them! Please pardon our mess.

The new naked mole rat exhibit in Natural Encounters is nearing completion!

Something new is coming to our Children's Zoo in place of the prairie dog exhibit. Stay tuned for details.

Every Day at the Zoo This Summer
Each day we have more than a dozen Meet the Keeper Talks. Check out today's schedule!

Now through Labor Day, explore our special summer exhibit LEGO Animals Assembled: A Safari Built with LEGO Bricks, presented by Fiesta.

Keep cool during your next visit as TXU Energy presents Chill Out at the Houston Zoo.

From June 13 - August 18, we are excited to bring you a brand NEW way to learn and have fun doing it with the premiere of “Avenue Zoo!”
Saturday Mar. 2, 2013 - Save a Turtle Saturday - Free Event
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10:00 am – 3:00 pm

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. join us for Save a Turtle Saturday! Learn about local turtle species and what the Zoo is doing to help save them through interactive games, activities and staff talks. You\’ll get information on everything from diamondback terrapins to sea turtles and marine mammals, and simple ways you can help protect these species by reducing your use of plastics. This event is FREE with your zoo admission.

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Zoo Map
Need help getting around the Zoo? Print this handy map and bring it with you, or just take a look at it.
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Zoo Keeper Talks Schedule
TIMES ARE UPDATED EVERY MORNING

Wednesday June 19, 2013

10:00 Elephant Bath at the Elephant Barn
10:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at the Crocodile monitor in the Reptile House
10:30 Fruit Bat Feeding at the Children’s Zoo
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
11:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Rhinos in African Forest
11:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Clouded Leopards
11:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at the Aquarium
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 Natural Encounters: Otter Keeper Talk at the River’s Edge Exhibit
1:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Sea Lions
1:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Elephants
1:30 Natural Encounters: Mole-rat Keeper Talk at the Drylands Exhibit
2:00 Natural Encounters: Red Panda Keeper Talk
2:00 Giraffe Feeding Platform in African Forest (Dependent on Weather/Giraffes)
2:00 Meet the Keeper Talk at Giraffes in African Forest
2:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Birds of the World
3:00 Meet the Children’s Zoo Keeper at the Otter exhibit for a talk and treat for the Otter
3:30 Meet the Keeper Talk at Coquerel’s Sifaka in Wortham World of Primates
3:30 Natural Encounters: Meerkat Keeper Talk
4:00 Natural Encounters: Bat Keeper Talk at the Bat Exhibit