By Area 60 Zookeeper Ashleigh Winkelmann and Head Keeper Pat Fountain If you’ve spent much time at the zoo this summer, you may have noticed that for a few days each month the area around the rhino exhibit has been blocked off with caution tape. Why would zoo staff restrict access to the rhino exhibit […]
PPZ Celebrates Second Year of Zoo in Your Neighborhood, Providing Free Zoo Passes for Families Have you heard of the Zoo in Your Neighborhood program and our family zoo passes? Zoo in Your Neighborhood is kicking off its second year this October! It is a program designed to reach out to all members of our […]
Potter Park Zoo is incredibly excited to announce the birth of two critically endangered cotton-top tamarins on Monday Oct. 1, 2018! There are only about 6,000 cotton-top tamarins left in the wild due to destruction their forest habitat in Colombia. For this reason, Potter Park Zoo’s cotton-top tamarins have a very important advocacy role to […]
By Rebecca Wood Potter Park Zoo once again helped lend a hand in banding a 1-month-old peregrine falcon chick. The Board of Water and Light (BWL) has been helping peregrine falcon chicks since 2004, and Potter Park Zoo has been involved in the process for many of those years. The endangered raptors have been nesting […]
Potter Park Zoo keepers Cagney M. and Liz J. attended the Old World Monkey Taxon Advisory Group in August 2017. This meeting, hosted by the Columbus Zoo, was a professional development opportunity for them as they were able to gather information as well as meet others in the zoo community that are passionate about old […]
We are so excited to see our Adopt-A-Garden program blossom this year! We have over ten adopted spaces throughout the zoo, cared for by new and veteran volunteers with varying garden experience. One of our most notable Adopt-A-Garden spaces is the Memorial Garden. Located near the moose exhibit on your way to the Backyard Garden, […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend the night at the zoo? Well, now’s your chance to find out! The Potter Park Zoo Education Department offers overnight experiences to groups of 18 or more people year round. Scout groups, 4-H clubs, even school groups spend the night here either inside (during […]
Four northern tree shrew pups were born May 24, 2018 at Potter Park Zoo. This is the zoo’s third successful litter from parents Rose (age 4) and Oliver (age 8). Zoo staff believes there are three females and one male in the litter. “We are thrilled to successfully breed this unique species for a third […]
Spring has sprung and summer is quickly approaching! Looking for a great way to get outside and help your community zoo? Potter Park Zoo recently launched a new Adopt–A–Garden program that welcomes volunteers to create a beautiful garden space in the zoo. Whether you are a master gardener or just beginning to nurture your green thumb, the Adopt–A–Gardenprogram is a great way to connect with the culture and natural landscape of Potter Park Zoo. We currently […]
They’re out! The North American river otter pups will be on exhibit every day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting Friday, May 25, 2018. We can’t wait for you to come to the zoo and see the otter pups and mother Nkeke! The two male pups were born in the early morning Feb. 6, 2018 at Potter Park […]