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Today at the Zoo

Today at the zoo

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Red Diamond Express Train Ride

Protective Life Carousel Rides

Junior League of Birmingham – Hugh Kaul Children’s Zoo Goat Walk

9:30am
to
11:30am

Kiwanis Giraffe Encounter & Feeding

Schaeffer Eye Center Lorikeet Feeding

Full Moon BBQ Wild Slide

10:30am
to
4:30pm

Jane H. Brock Soaring Safari Zipline Adventure

Elephant Chat

Predator Zone (Lion Training)

Predator Zone (Lion Training)

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California Sea Lion

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La Celebración is this Saturday at the Birmingham Zoo! Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and learn about the many animals from Central and South America that call the Birmingham Zoo home. We'll have special keeper chats, arts and crafts, activities and more. You may event get to meet Dora and Diego!

Thank you for everyone who visited the Birmingham Zoo for International Red Panda Day! Shifu, the red panda, had many visitors and Red Panda Rangers come out to learn about how small actions have big impacts on wildlife.

Josh, Birmingham Zoo Evening Animal Care Professional, and Luci, the macaw, are getting ready to kick-off #ZooGala2017!

We have a huge weekend at the Zoo! Enjoy ZooGala 2017 tonight (if you can't join us, you can still participate in the online auction!), International Red Panda Day tomorrow, and Members Only Sundaes in the Park on Sunday! We hope to see YOU at the ZOO!

The Birmingham Zoo is offering discounted admission to families from out of the state that have evacuated their homes and have come to the Birmingham area because of recent hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Evacuees will receive $3 off of the regularly priced Zoo admission tickets today, Thursday, September 14 through Saturday, September 16. Guests who wish to take advantage of the discounted offer are asked to show the admission staff a valid license from one of the hurricane-affected areas. In addition, the Birmingham Zoo’s partner IBERIABANK is helping sponsor this special offer to those displaced by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Attention Zoo Members - mark your calendars for this Sunday from 2-4pm for Members Only Sundaes in the Park! Enjoy seeing the new Henley Park at the Zoo and enjoy free sundaes provided by Mayfield Creamery. We hope you'll join us!

Take home this original bronze lizard still life sculpture by Frank Fleming, an internationally acclaimed sculptor and local Birmingham artist. This piece stands roughly 19" tall, and 9" wide. Fleming’s work is featured in museums and is highly sought-after by collectors. Birmingham natives might recognize one of his more well-known pieces, the Storyteller Fountain, located at Five Points South. Add this Fleming original to your own art collection today! www.501auctions.com/BirminghamZooGala

Due to inclement weather, the Zoo will be closed on Monday, September 11 and Tuesday, September 12.