Zoo Boise

Zoobilee 2025 – Meerkat Masquerade! Join us on Friday, August 15, for Zoo Boise’s premier event of the year (21+)! Enjoy local cuisine and drinks, music, auction, & zoo experiences! This year’s theme is Meerkat Masquerade! 👉 Event details and tickets: zooboise.org/event/zoobilee…

Meet Revan. Not only is he a local star, he’s also a species ambassador. African lions are a vulnerable species facing declining wild populations. Every time you visit Revan, you're helping protect lions in their natural habitat. Thanks for making an impact! 📷: ZooTeen Jarron

Tongue Out Tuesday: McCauley shows off his two-foot tongue... which is longer than a giraffe's tongue! 😛 🎥: Male giant anteater by zookeeper Elsa

Sabu is the best at Monday catnaps! 📷: Male snow leopard by zookeeper Taylor S

Looks like vervet monkey Leo got a new office. Actually, it's part of daily enrichment. Enrichment comes in all shapes and sizes to help stimulate our residents' physical and mental abilities. Plus, it encourages natural instincts with fun challenges. 📷: Zookeeper Emily

Male nyala Hank was camera ready! Nyala are an African antelope species known for their spiral horns and bold markings. On your next visit, keep an eye out for Hank because he might be watching you too.

Summer is not over yet and neither are Zoo Boise Summer Camps. There's still time to sign up your child for a wild adventure filled with animals, games, science, and fun. Let's end summer on a high note! Learn more and register at zooboise.org/education-prog…

We hope this photo from @ZooBoise helps to brighten up your day 🥰 🙏 We are so grateful for Zoo Boise's generous long-term support of community-based red panda conservation in Nepal. Thanks to conservation partners like you, we will save the last of the first panda. 🐾…

Ideal weekend weather for butterflies at the zoo. Our vibrant Butterflies in Bloom exhibit is full of hundreds of exotic butterflies. Come frolic as they flutter! 🦋 📷: Jeff Walker Open 10:30AM - 4:00PM daily and included with your admission. Sponsored by KTVB and Franz Witte.

Lunchtime with Steller's sea eagle Vlad! His preferred meals are rabbit and fish, like trout, herring, and mackerel. 🐟🍽️ 📷: Kathleen Walter Photography

Want to feed a giraffe? You can daily from 1:30 - 2:30PM at the Perkins Coie Giraffe Encounter! It’s just $5, and every dollar helps support wildlife conservation. All animal encounters are weather and animal dependent. 📸: Zoo volunteer Nancy

How well do you know Zoo Boise residents? We hope you can identify them by close-up talons, tails, and fur! First challenge: Who does this paw belong to? 📷: Zoo volunteer Chantel

Conservation Partner Spotlight: Lion Recovery Fund We help efforts to double # of lions in the wild by 2050 by supporting projects in 20+ African countries. Every time you visit us, part of your ticket goes directly to protect animals in the wild via our conservation partners!

Baboons are highly social primates that live in groups called troops. They communicate through vocalizations, facial expressions, and grooming behaviors. Watching them interact is a great way to see just how complex and connected their social lives really are.

It’s a nyala double birthday week at Zoo Boise! Henry is turning 5 and Zara is turning 7. Celebrate by symbolically adopting them through our Adopt An Animal Program. Learn more at zooboise.org/adopt 📸: Zookeeper Taylor M.

📢 Amur tiger Akasha is receiving her annual veterinary and dental exams today (Friday, July 11). Because of this checkup, she won't be outside or viewable and is now resting in her den.

Meet 11-year-old warthog Makena! She’s currently in quarantine (standard health practice), but almost ready to enjoy Zoo Boise. The wild dogs will soon rotate to former hyena space, and once Makena is ready to explore, she’ll move into the wild dog yard - giving all fresh space!

Red Panda Experiences are back! Observe red panda behaviors - like training, enrichment, and/or feeding - followed by a private keeper talk. $40 & $25 for each additional guest (up to 6 people). Daily at 9:30AM. Must be booked at least a week in advance. zooboise.org/visit-the-zoo/…

Moving in soon! 🦥 Before this Linné's two-toed sloth arrives at Zoo Boise, we want your help to renovate his new home. We're creating a zookeeper-accessible nook for his twice-daily eye drops and care. Welcome our coming sloth with a housewarming gift: zooboise.org/sloth

Our own "Yogi Bear"! Paji likes to stretch out with her favorite custom yoga pose. 📷: Sloth bear by ZooTeen Link

Spotted mid-snack! The Virginia R. Bartak Red Panda Passage is now open at Zoo Boise and currently home to four red pandas. This immersive, world-class habitat allows them to climb, explore, and walk overhead—and sometimes pause to enjoy a tasty treat! 📸: Zookeeper Taylor S