Press Room

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has appointed Rachel Handbury to the position of Manager of Sustainability.  She is responsible for leading the DZS’s Greenprint, a comprehensive strategic plan to refine and improve facilities and daily practices, develop new policies and programs and improve green literacy in the community. Handbury joins the DZS from Questa Environmental […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoo gets even wilder on Wednesdays during July and August with the annual Wild Summer Nights concert series, presented by Genisys Credit Union.  Concerts take place in the Main Picnic Grove from 6:30 to 8 p.m. July 6 through Aug. 31, 2016, and are free with Zoo admission. Wild Summer Nights features a […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

A 29-year-old female polar bear named Tundra has found a new home on the tundra – and the pack ice – of the Detroit Zoo’s Arctic Ring of Life.  The bear will be relocated this month from the Indianapolis Zoo, which today announced it is permanently closing its polar bear exhibit. “The Arctic Ring of […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

To the everyday visitor, the Detroit Zoo is all a zoo should be – a place to see exotic animals in naturalistic habitats, connect with nature, ride the Tauber Family Railroad and enjoy a picnic.  But then there’s all a zoo could be – a place that not only conserves but generates power, a place […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoo’s mobile bidding option for the Sunset at the Zoo silent auction begins June 1, 2016.  Bidders can submit offers in advance on their smartphones through GiveSmart and need not be present at the event on June 10 to participate. More than 40 silent auction items are up for bid at Sunset, including […]