The Detroit Zoo wants help naming three lion cubs that were recently born at the Detroit Zoo, and one participant will win a variety of prizes, including a Lions jersey and a zoo membership.
The Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center will be closed Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24, due to dangerously cold temperatures expected across metro Detroit.
The holiday season is upon and if you’re looking for something to do this weekend in metro Detroit, here’s a list of fun happenings.
The Detroit Zoo is once again lighting up the holiday season with its popular 'Wild Lights' event, offering visitors a festive experience filled with millions of colorful LED lights and holiday cheer.
More than 5,000 people gathered at the Detroit Zoo on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, demonstrating their commitment to fighting a disease that affects over 200,000 Michigan residents.
The Detroit Zoo offered an update on Monday on their Discovery Trails development, which is a seven-acre project that will offer new amenities to visitors.
A plethora of events are taking place this week around Metro Detroit. No matter your age group there something fun for everyone. View the full article to take a look at what's on tap this weekend.
The Detroit Zoo wants you to experience nostalgia and adventure with the return of a fan favorite. Here's what to look for this summer at the zoo.
Adult nights at the Detroit Zoo are back. The After Hours 21+ event series provides an exciting and unique experience to explore the animal kingdom with a cocktail in hand.
The Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center will reopen on Thursday following a temporary weather closure.
The Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center will remain closed on Wednesday due to the continued forecast of extremely cold temperatures across Metro Detroit.
Due to the forecasted extreme cold temperatures across Metro Detroit, the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center is closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Humphrey, the Bactrian camel who’s lived at the Detroit Zoo for the past nine years, was humanely euthanized after years of mobility issues, zoo officials said.
A community event is back for some family fun while helping local cancer patients.
It’s been more than a year since a baby wallaby went missing from the Detroit Zoo, saddening the community that just celebrated its birth.
Festivities were Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The annual festival focus on different ways to recycle, repurpose, and reuse materials through vendors, educational activities, live music and food trucks.
Heart disease is a leading killer of humans, so it should not be that big a surprise that it is also the leading killer of great apes. Just as we have worked to improve human heart health, the Great Ape Heart Project is making similar strides among great apes.
Twin polar bear cubs were born at the Toledo Zoo last week and the Detroit Zoo passed along congratulations as the home to their half-sisters.
They’re cuddly, they’re sweet, and they might just become your best friends. Hundreds of cute animals in need of forever homes will be at a huge event this weekend, and you get the chance to meet them all. The Michigan Humane “Meet Your New Best Friend at the Law Firm Adoption Event” is Saturday September 10th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Alzheimer’s Association is holding its annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s this October at the Detroit Zoo.
Oakland County is investing in a program to help human trafficking survivors rebuild their lives and thrive within their community.
I love Detroit. As someone who no longer has the pleasure of living in the area, people are sometimes surprised to hear that -- how much I love the region, that is; but it’s one of those “IYKYK” things. Anyone who has spent substantial time in the Detroit area knows, this area is such a gem.
The Detroit Zoo may have called off the search for its missing wallaby joey, but people in Metro Detroit still have their eyes peeled for the 5-month-old animal.
Was it a hawk, an owl, or something else? There are so many questions about this missing baby, wallaby. As the search continues, those living near the Detroit Zoo are looking out, hoping to find the little baby before it’s too late.
A majority of birds on exhibit at the Detroit Zoo are being moved indoors as a precaution against the bird flu which federal and state officials have confirmed to be in Michigan.
The Detroit Zoo’s Polk Penguin exhibit closed for repairs in 2019, those repairs were only expected to last about nine months -- then the COVID pandemic happened.
The Detroit Zoo has officially reopened its Polk Penguin Conservation Center (PPCC) after more than two years of renovations, and the zoo has welcome a new species.