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    • Breakthrough Elephant Vaccine Shows First Sign of Protection Against Deadly Virus
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Animals

• African Dwarf Crocodile
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• Attwater’s Prairie Chicken
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• Black Mamba
• Black-and-Gold Howler Monkey
• Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
• Blue Duiker
• Blue-Billed Curassow
• Blue-Throated Macaw
• Bobwhite Quail
• Bonnethead Shark
• California Sea Lion
• Capybara
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• Common Clownfish
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• Domestic Goat
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• Giant Anteater
• Giant River Otter
• Golden Lion Tamarin
• Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin
• Gorilla
• Grand Cayman iguana
• Green Anaconda
• Grey Crowned Crane
• Hamerkop
• Houston Toad
• Humboldt Penguin
• Jaguar
• King Cobra
• Komodo Dragon
• Malayan Tiger
• Malaysian Painted River Terrapin
• Masai Giraffe
• Meerkat
• North American River Otter
• Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
• Ocelot
• Okapi
• Orangutan
• Ostrich
• Panamanian Golden Frog
• Pangolin
• Patas Monkey
• Plains Zebra
• Prehensile-tailed porcupine
• Radiated tortoise
• Red Panda
• Red River Hog
• Reticulated Python
• Ring-tailed Lemur
• Roseate Spoonbill
• Sea Turtle
• Sebas’s Short-Tailed Bat
• Siamang
• Songbird
• Southern White Rhinoceros
• St. Vincent Amazon Parrot
• Vulture
• Wattled Curassow
• White-faced Saki Monkey
• Whooping Cranes

Upcoming Events

• Spookie Fudge Stripes Safari

  September 1 - October 31, 2026

• Zoo Boo

  September 25 - October 31, 2026

• Neighbors for Nature: Quintana Beach County Park

  Saturday, October 31, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

• Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead Celebration)

  Sunday, November 1 and Monday, November 2

• November Member Morning

  Saturday, November 7, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

• Zoo Ball 2026

  Saturday, November 7, 6:00 p.m. to midnight

• Zoo Ball 2026 After Party

  Saturday, November 7, 9:00 p.m. to Midnight

• Zoo Lights Member Preview Nights

  November 17 and 18, 5:30-10:30 p.m.

• TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights

  November 19, 2026 – January 3, 2027

• Wine Fest at Zoo Lights

  Friday, November 20, 5:30-10:00 p.m.

• Neighbors for Nature: Blackhawk Park

  Saturday, November 28, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

• Zoolates: Pilates at the Zoo featuring a Giraffe Feeding Experience

  Saturday December 12, at 7:30 a.m.