Everyone's got their happy place

This brown bear is a black bear. What?!

American black bears -- the only wild bear species found in California -- can come in many different colors: black, brown, tan, even patches of white.

📸: Steve Goodall

Is it Friday happy hour? Why S it is!

📸: Steve Goodall

The current strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is the largest HPAI epizootic (animal version of an epidemic) event in U.S. history.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in collaboration with the USDA, approved a vaccine, and this week, the condors who live at California Trail received

Home sweet home 🐯❤️

Lily the rescued tiger is settling in nicely at her permanent home, PAWS. She is enjoying grass and trees now, and is very curious and inquisitive about her new surroundings.

Enjoy your sanctuary, Lily -- you've earned it!

📸: PAWS

Bat fans: Our bat keepers are taking over our Instagram account today to share behind-the-scenes bat photos, videos, and facts about this amazing animal 🦇

instagram.com/oaklandzoo

📸: Steven Gotz

Bye, son 🦬👋

In one week, 14 bison from Oakland Zoo will travel to Montana, to help restore heritage bison to their native landscape as part of the Iinnii Initiative.

Some of the little ones seen in this video from 2022 are now old enough to make this trip -- we'll keep you

We never get tired of giving Osh new challenges 🛞

Keepers buried a toy in compost -- didn't take Osh long to remove it!

📹: Keeper Janette

Happy 13th birthday Mei gibbon!

This marvelous mama has her hands full these days with little Joon, who's trying her best to break out of her mama's clutches (c'mon Papa Rainer, give the birthday girl a break!)

Did you know each year Oakland Zoo keeps 375,000 yards of organic waste out of the landfill by composting onsite?

more:
oaklandzoo.org/climate-action

#EarthDay #EarthMonth

Murmuring Meerkats! These marvelous mammals make a soft vocalization when they are on sentry duty to let the other meerkats foraging nearby know that everything is safe.

(sound UP)

📹: Keeper Lovesong

A little sugar water for baby Jasiri 🍬💧

Senior veterinarian Dr. Ryan paid a house call to Jasiri, the new Hamadryas baboon. The little guy got a physical exam, blood draws, and some dextrose by mouth for his low blood sugar level

#VetTales Friday

📸: Vet Tech Quincy

Who won? Lola 🐅 vs. bean bag

📹: Keeper Stacie

No collection of #TBT is complete without revisiting one of our original hits from 2020 - The Foam Dome! The late great Archimedes and Doc Marten ferrets took play to a new level as they enjoyed this bowl of packing material (Made of corn starch, not styrofoam).

📽️ : Eunice Hui

OZ staffer Jacob Henrie-Naffaa has been an Oakland Zoo fan his entire life — find out why in this video 📹

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Meet Cuca! While she has an adorable puppy face, this sweet girl is actually about 11 years old, and available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services . This easy-going companion is a perfect medium size at around 45 pounds and could do well solo or in a home with another well-matched