Press Room

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoo is celebrating the birth of a female Bactrian camel born July 31, 2017, to 9-year-old mother Suren and 9-year-old father Rusty. The duo are also the parents of 3-year-old male Humphrey, born at the Zoo in May 2014. The new calf, named Rusi, can be seen in the camel habitat across from […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on August 1 maintains federal protections for wolves in the Great Lakes, a victory for wildlife organizations including the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS), which has spent years working to protect wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The North American river otters at the Detroit Zoo have tested the waters of the newly renovated and expanded Edward Mardigian Sr. River Otter Habitat – and now their spruced-up space is an open house for Zoo visitors. Thanks to a gift from the Edward Mardigian Family Foundation, the habitat has more than tripled in […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Detroit Zoo guests can go on a culinary “safari” and sample food and beverage pairings representing many of the animals’ homelands. The Zoo’s inaugural Appetite for Adventure – a 21-and-older event – takes place on Friday, August 11, 2017, 6-9 p.m. Guests may choose between two starting points for their globally inspired tasting journey. Those […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society’s (DZS’s) ongoing breeding program for the critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad has produced 5,635 tadpoles. Twenty tadpoles have been retained for future breeding at the Detroit Zoo’s National Amphibian Conservation Center while the rest are bound for Puerto Rico’s El Tallonal biological reserve on July 12 for release into the […]