Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo Gets Some Adorable New Animals
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]