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The Birmingham Zoo would like to invite the community to join us this Saturday, July 15 from 6pm-9:30pm for Pirate Movie Night presented by Valkpak of Central Alabama. This all-new event at the Birmingham Zoo includes a night full of pirates at the Zoo’s new Pirate Train Ride, meet and greets with costumed characters, music […]

The Birmingham Zoo invites the entire community to experience Half-Price Summer Fun Days on the weekends of July 8-9, July 15*-16, July 22-23, July 29-30 and August 5-6. Visitors can take advantage of discounted half-price admission**, half-price rides, and $1 hot dogs in the Zoo’s cafes. Throughout Zoo Fun Days, visitors will have the opportunity […]

The Birmingham Zoo is excited to announce the newest addition to the Zoo family, Carlito, a giant anteater. Carlito is two years old, weighs 165 pounds and came to the Birmingham Zoo from the Santa Barbara Zoo in California as part of the Species Survival Plan Program. Giant anteaters are insectivores, meaning they eat bugs. […]

In honor of our nation’s birthday, all veterans, active and retired military and their dependents will receive free admission to the Birmingham Zoo on July 1, 2, 3 and 4 with valid military identification. The Birmingham Zoo invites the community to come out for Fourth of July weekend to enjoy the limited time Avian Adventure […]

The Birmingham Zoo is pleased to announce that it has received the highest rating of 4-stars from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator for the fifth consecutive year. This award is given for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. With an overall score of 94.4 out of 100, the Birmingham Zoo […]

The Birmingham Zoo invites the community to the third annual Zoo, Brews and Full Moon Bar-B-Que event at the Zoo on Saturday, June 17 from 5:30-8:30pm. This family-friendly event includes a delicious dinner from Alabama’s ‘Best Little Pork House’ Full Moon Bar-B-Que, enjoy live music by Park Band, watch an Avian Adventure Free Flight Bird […]

The Birmingham Zoo is hopeful that through the process of artificial insemination, a new Southern White Rhinoceros could join the Zoo family. The Zoo has been home to Laptop and Ajabu, a mother and daughter pair since November 2008 when they moved to the Birmingham Zoo from the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Texas. Max, […]

This Saturday, June 3 the Birmingham Zoo will be holding an all-new event, Parrots and Pirates. The community is invited to join the celebration behind the Schaeffer Eye Center Wildlife Stage from 10am-2pm. Children are encouraged to dress up in their favorite pirate, or parrot, costume for the exciting day when the Zoo’s pirates come […]

The community is invited to register today and run wild through the Zoo this Saturday, May 20, to benefit the Marine Mammal Center. The twelfth annual Zoo Run 5k, organized each year by the Birmingham Chapter of the Association of Zoo Keepers, begins at 7:30am in the Zoo parking lot and finishes in Trails of […]

On Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, May 14, families can enjoy a free child’s admission ticket to the Birmingham Zoo with the purchase of a full-price adult admission ticket (offer exclusive only on Mother’s Day Weekend). Guests can set “rail” on the Zoo’s all-new Pirate Train Ride*, feed the lorikeets in the Schaeffer Eye Center […]