Press Room

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

For the first time ever, five vultures from the Detroit Zoo have moved to Africa as part of an important conservation program to restore South Africa’s vulture populations. The five captive-born vultures, one lappet-faced vulture named Kassie and four hooded vultures named Mrs. Nasty, Nelly, Fiona and Zeke, will live at VulPro, a nonprofit conservation […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

They may have played their last movie, sang their swan song or printed their final document, but there is still a future for the once-vital devices that now sit unused. Thank your old electronics for their service by giving them new life with a little help from the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) for America Recycles […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has formed a Zoo-Park Partnership (ZPP) for America’s Keystone Wildlife with Isle Royale National Park to support the recovery of wolves and their relationship with moose on this island in the middle of Lake Superior. ZPP collaborative field conservation efforts focus on understanding how introduced wolves are adapting to their […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Wild Lights, the Detroit Zoo’s annual holiday light display presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions, receives glowing reviews each year by visitors who have made it a holiday tradition. Starting November 20, more than 5 million twinkling LED lights will brighten the evening sky and illuminate buildings, 445 trees and 280 sculptures. Now in its ninth […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

As the weather cools in Michigan and we bid summer farewell, a very special community of shorebirds takes wing on their annual southward migration. Piping plovers are small, endangered birds who are commonly found in the northern Great Lakes region and return here each summer to breed. Breeding pairs camouflage their small clutches of eggs […]