Are you ready to party with a purpose? DZCA's wildest night of the year is ONE MONTH AWAY! 🦩✨ Flock Party is back September 6 with live music, animal experiences, craft cocktails and artisan eats. The best part? All proceeds benefit our beloved animal family and support their

Last month we were honored to host U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen and her sons for a visit to DZCA! They were able to learn more about our expert animal care and wildlife conservation efforts, meet some of the residents who call Tropical Discovery home and say hi to a few of our Animal

Happy #AsianElephantAwarenessMonth! 🌏🐘 In honor of the six bulls who call Toyota Elephant Passage home, we're sharing six ways we help support Endangered Asian elephants right here in Colorado and across the globe. 🐘 With our all-male bachelor herd, we’re able to support

Yesterday was #InternationalCatDay! Did you know that there are currently 40 species of wild cats—plus one domestic cat species—found in the family Felidae? Here at Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, we’re home to two Endangered Amur tigers, a Critically Endangered Sumatran

Happy #WorldLionDay from our fabulous felines! 🦁 At Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, we proudly care for four male and three female African lions in our Predator Ridge habitat. In this unique space, our lions thrive with various types of mental and physical enrichment. By

In honor of #WorldLionDay, we're honored to highlight our recently announced partnership with Kyambura Lion Monitoring Project, part of Volcanoes Safari Partnership Trust in Uganda to help protect one of East Africa’s most threatened lion populations. With fewer than 40 lions

Our little lambs have names! Please join us in officially welcoming Vale and Sienna to our animal family. Chosen by their dedicated Animal Care and Health teams, these names honor their parents—moms Violet and Amber, and dad Canyon—as well as their natural habitat. Violet’s baby

Our last river cleanup of the summer is on Saturday, August 16 from 9 a.m. to 11a.m., with a special Animal Ambassador demonstration from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.! Join DZCA and Denver Parks & Recreation to clear trash from the beaver dam at Florida and Raritan—helping give our beavers a

Have you seen more precious painters? 🎨💛 In honor of August is for Antelope Month, we're featuring Chicken and Biscuit—our adorable red-flanked duiker duo—who recently joined their care team for voluntary art enrichment. This tiny masterpiece will be up for grabs during the

Happy #AsianElephantAwarenessMonth and #WorldElephantDay! 🐘 Today we’re celebrating the bachelor herd at Toyota Elephant Passage and our efforts to help protect Endangered Asian elephants—right here in Colorado and around the world with our conservation partners, Association

Happy International Armadillo Day! Here at DZCA, we’re lucky to have three amazing armadillos in our Animal Ambassadors team: Dillon, our nine-banded armadillo, and Willow and Chaco, our three-banded armadillos. Fun fact: three-banded armadillos are the only armadillo species

Introducing our African lion cub quartet! 🦁 Following a 115-day pregnancy, African lion Araali gave birth to four feisty cubs on Wednesday, August 13. Mom and babies are bonding well behind-the-scenes, where they will remain for at least six weeks pending vaccinations and

🎉🐍 Help us wish a happy 4th birthday to Calypso, our beautiful green anaconda in Tropical Discovery! 💚 One of the world’s largest snake species, Calypso is quite the impressive reptile and you can spot him immersed in his habitat on your next visit. 📸: Volunteer

🐒 It’s a month of celebration for our tiny friends in Emerald Forest! Golden Lion Tamarin Day was on Aug. 2, and now we’re bouncing into Cotton-Top Tamarin Day on Aug. 15! 🎉 These charimatic primates bring big personality—and some seriously fabulous hair—to Primate Panorama.

🌼🐝 From a few wooden pallets to a thriving neighborhood movement — our Pollinator Pathways program is transforming Denver yards, porches, and fences into pollinator havens! With the help of community champions, we’re proving that small gardens can have a big impact for native

Araali’s Cub Cam is now LIVE! 🦁🧡 In case you missed it, African lion Araali welcomed four adorable cubs on August 13. Our Animal Care Specialists share that Araali and her babies are thriving in their cozy behind-the-scenes den. First-time mom Araali is showing excellent

🌼🐝 From a few wooden pallets to a thriving neighborhood movement — our Pollinator Pathways program is transforming Denver yards, porches, and fences into pollinator havens! With the help of community champions, we’re proving that small gardens can have a big impact for native