THE WONDER IS IN THE MOMENTS
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A quiet moment with a tiger. A giraffe looking your way. An unexpected splash. These are the moments we love bringing home—and sharing with you.
THROUGH OUR LENS
A MOMENT FROM OUR VISITS
An elephant lifts its trunk as keepers give it a bath. One small glimpse of the care—and the everyday moments—that make a zoo visit memorable.
Elephant bath · 14-second silent clip
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THE DAILY BRIEF
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
Friday's zoo news centered on conservation milestones: the Houston Zoo welcomed a new generation of reptiles and amphibians, and the Maryland Zoo returned Panamanian golden frogs to an outdoor habitat after 20 years as a first step toward eventual release into the wild. Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium and Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park both leaned into the spooky season. In conservation, a new study finds dolphins keep their social and hunting lives in separate waters, endangered Ganges river dolphins are surviving in a stretch of Bangladeshi river so polluted it is described as not liva
The Houston Zoo is calling a set of big conservation milestones: first-ever Hosmer's spiny-tailed skinks, Henkel's leaf-tailed geckos, five eyelash viper babies, and the return of young star tortoises, several produced under AZA Species Survival Plan recommendations and now on view in the Reptile and Amphibian House.
Houston ZooAfter 20 years, the Maryland Zoo has returned Panamanian golden frogs to an outdoor habitat — a milestone the zoo calls the first step before the eventual release of the iconic, critically endangered species back into the wild.
Maryland ZooDolphins keep their social and hunting lives in separate waters, a new study finds — the research suggests the marine mammals partition their habitat use between resting/socializing and foraging, offering fresh insight into how they balance community and the hunt.
MongabayEndangered Ganges river dolphins are surviving in a stretch of river in Bangladesh so polluted it is described as "not livable" for fish — a stark sign of how pollution, not just fishing or dams, is squeezing one of the world's most endangered cetaceans.
Mongabay
