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What is Enrichment?  If you have ever visited a zoo, you may have encountered an animal engaging with enrichment or seen the aftermath of objects still in the enclosure, such […]

Potter Park Zoo’s cotton-top tamarins Yuri and LG have given birth to two healthy babies – the pair’s fourth litter in four years. Their first litter was born October 2018, […]

It’s not always easy to find the perfect gift for the animal lover in your life, so we’ve compiled the ultimate Potter Park Zoo gift guide with tons of options […]

This year, the 4th of July was truly a celebration as we welcomed two female red panda cubs to Potter Park Zoo! This accomplishment could not have happened without the […]

You can help support Potter Park Zoo and its mission of inspiring conservation of animals and the natural world this winter season! Looking for a unique outing with family, friends, […]

Potter Park Zoo is vaccinating animals who are believed to be most susceptible to COVID-19 with a vaccine developed for animal use and donated to the zoo by pharmaceutical company […]

If someone asked you to name a kind of butterfly, which species comes to mind first? Is it the monarch butterfly? Regal in its black, orange and white, the monarch […]

Potter Park Zoo celebrated the birth of its first-ever black rhino calf Jaali, Dec. 25, 2019. This was a milestone event for Potter Park as Jaali is one of only […]

In an ongoing effort to expand accessibility for all zoo guests, Potter Park Zoo has partnered with Able Eyes to provide virtual tours of their main indoor buildings. Ables Eyes’ […]

Hunter Ferchaw, a second year veterinary student at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (MSU CVM), spent the past couple months as a Summer Research Student working with Dr. Kim […]