Press Room

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoo’s annual “merry-not-scary” Zoo Boo celebration returns this Halloween season, featuring a festively decorated half-mile trick-or-treat trail through the front of the Zoo.  Presented by Michigan’s 529 College Savings Plans, Zoo Boo will take place Oct. 9-11, 16-18 and 23-25, 2015, 5 to 8 p.m., rain or shine. Elaborate pumpkin displays will line […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has launched a cricket breeding program that has Detroit Zoo staff chirping with excitement. Crickets are part of the daily diet of approximately 1,900 animals at the Detroit Zoo – mainly amphibians, but also reptiles, birds and some mammals. The purchase of crickets has historically carried the highest cost of […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has been recognized by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) for Significant Achievement with the 2015 Angela Peterson Excellence in Diversity Award for the Inclusive Experience. The award honors significant achievement in work-force and audience diversity among the 229 AZA-member institutions.  The DZS was recognized for its efforts to […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has received the coveted Green Award from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). The top honor for best sustainable business practices was presented Sept. 20, 2015, at the AZA Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award recognizes green programs that exist institution-wide in the 229 AZA-accredited zoos […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Weekend visitors to the Detroit Zoo were treated to their first look at a female red panda cub born June 22. Tofu, the offspring of 10-year-old mother Ta-Shi and 6-year-old father Shifu, was spotted close to her mom on Saturday in their wooded habitat across from the Amur tigers. “Ta-Shi took her time bringing her […]