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Guten Tag and Hallo! Join us for the Inaugural Birmingham Zoo German  Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 1st from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm, featuring authentic German and seasonal autumn brews, live music, […]

The Birmingham Zoo proudly welcomes newly hatched American flamingo chicks to our Zoo family! For the first time, the Zoo’s flamingos have nested and hatched fertilized eggs. Once flamingos find […]

The Birmingham Zoo is thrilled to welcome two-year-old, female, Himalayan red panda named Kodo to our Zoo family! Kodo arrived at the Birmingham Zoo last month from the Buttonwood Park […]

The Birmingham Zoo and Birmingham Public Library are pleased to announce the launch of the Birmingham Library Zoo Family Pass Program! This inspiring collaboration is an adventure-packed program encouraging children […]

Birmingham Zoo will be open on Monday the 4th of July holiday, from 9am-5pm. In honor of the holiday, all veterans, active and retired military, including their dependents (up to […]

Birmingham Zoo is thrilled to announce the newest addition to our Zoo family, a young male African lion. Age 6, Josh came to us from the San Antonio Zoo, also […]

Red Diamond Coffee & Tea is excited to announce the unveiling of an enhanced train experience at the Birmingham Zoo with the arrival of the newest Red Diamond Express train, […]

Birmingham Zoo will be open on the Memorial Day holiday, Monday May 30th, from 9am-5pm. In honor of the holiday, all veterans, active and retired military, including their dependents (up […]

The Birmingham Zoo donors have demonstrated their love of animals and the Zoo with their generous gifts to the spring fundraising appeal, Heart of the Matter – Support Your Zoo’s […]

The Birmingham Zoo’s 41-year-old male Sumatran orangutan, Oliver, is recovering extremely well after a surgical procedure to remove a testicular tumor.  After Birmingham Zoo Animal Care Professionals noticed Oliver had […]