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Philadelphia Zoo

Meet Patty, a western lowland gorilla that's one of the new animals at the Philadelphia Zoo
City Life

The Philadelphia Zoo Gets Some Adorable New Animals

Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]

Things to Do

Giant Trolls Are Taking Over the Philadelphia Zoo Next Month

I’ll be honest: When I first got a tip about trolls coming to the zoo, I pictured the tiny, candy-colored Dreamworks ones with big hair […]

Things to Do

Philadelphia Zoo’s LumiNature Returns to Light Up the Holidays

The zoo’s holiday lights are back for the season. More than a million lights, to be more precise, turn the Philadelphia Zoo into LumiNature when […]

Foobooz

Where to Eat Near Philly’s Classic Tourist Destinations

No matter how confused we may feel when we see people standing in line for the Liberty Bell in 88-degree heat (presumably because they watched […]

City Life

Sloth Bear Cubs Make Their Adorable Debut at the Philadelphia Zoo — and They Need Names

Back in January, the Philadelphia Zoo’s 10-year-old sloth bears Kayla and Bhalu gave birth to two cubs. It was the first time a pair of […]

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A Great Dane, a Cat and a Tiger Mural Took Over This Backyard Engagement Photo Shoot

We admit it. We’re suckers for a proposal, wedding — anything, really — featuring our four-legged friends in all their furry glory. And we’re not […]

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City Life

The Day the Great Apes Died: The Legacy of the 1995 Philadelphia Zoo Fire

It was Christmas Eve — December 24, 1995 — and it had snowed in Philadelphia, big soft flakes floating through wintry skies and drifting to the […]

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City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Zoo Goes Greener

Happy National Pollinator Week! Pollination is how you and I and everything we eat got here, more or less, so it’s definitely worth celebrating. And […]

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City Life

The Zoo Will Turn Into a Magical Holiday Lights Wonderland in November

The Philadelphia Zoo has been crushing it lately. If the goal was to take it from a popular spot for tots in strollers and turn it […]

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City Life

Get a Bird’s-Eye View of the Philadelphia Zoo From Its New Zip Line and Ropes Course

My oh my, what a wonderful day: The Philadelphia Zoo is getting a zip line. Yes, on Tuesday, May 7th, the zoo’s debuting a new […]

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Foobooz

Urban Green, the Philadelphia Zoo’s New Beer Garden, Is Now Open

Over the weekend, the Philadelphia Zoo debuted Urban Green, its new dining space. The outdoor food marketplace, designed by Groundswell Design Group — the folks behind […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: OMG, Zoo Keys Are Back!

Somewhere in our house, we’ve still got it: the elephant-shaped Zoo Key we bought on our third-grade field trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. The key you […]

City Life

Escaped Zoo Peacocks That Caused Scene on I-76 Are Still on the Lam

Four peacocks with a taste for adventure caused quite a scene on I-76 on Wednesday evening when they stopped traffic after escaping from the grounds […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: A Tiny Tiger’s Reprieve

City Life

Philadelphia Zoo Announces Successful Emergency Gorilla Birth

After 24 painstaking hours, Kira was still in labor at the Philadelphia Zoo. Staff had noticed that the 17-pound Western lowland gorilla was in the […]