5/17/2012 - Gorilla Update
Motuba (Tubby) the gorilla will be on display today at 10:30 a.m. in Hubbard Gorilla Valley at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium®. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium® and Bancroft Elementary School Zoo kindergarten class will graduate 18 students today, Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium® has seen record attendance through April 2012. The opening of the Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium, animal births, and a warm spring has given Zoo visitors many reasons to visit Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium early and often. Read More »
Join Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium® and Papillion La Vista School Zoo Academy senior students will graduate at 1:30 p.m. today, Friday, May 4, 2012 in Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Pavilion Auditorium. There will be 37 students taking part in the ceremony as their last journey through the Zoo Academy. Read More »
Despite round the clock care by Zoo Veterinarians and Animal Care Staff at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium the female giraffe calf born on Sunday, March 25, 2012 has died. Read More »
4/20/2012 - To the Arctic 3D
Join Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium® and the Lozier IMAX® Theater on an extraordinary journey to the top of the world in the documentary adventure, To The Arctic 3D, which tells the ultimate tale of survival. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium® is throwing a birthday party for the female white-handed gibbon twins, Sumara and Mei, who are turning one year old today, April 13, 2012. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium welcomes four roul-roul chicks, hatched on March 12, 2012. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s Department of Plant Conservation laboratory delivered 600 Malagasy orchids to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. at the end of January. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium welcomes a second female giraffe born Sunday, March 25, 2012. The calf was born to Twigi, a 16 year old female and Jawara, a 3 ½ year old male. Read More »
3/29/2012 - New Kids in Town
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo® welcomes seven new goat kids and a new miniature donkey named Jack to the Red Barn Yard. Read More »
3/23/2012 - New Giraffe Calf
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo welcomes a new female giraffe born Friday, March 16, 2012. This is the first calf born at Omaha’s Zoo since 2007 but the 29th overall since 1979. Read More »
3/23/2012 - Aquatic Rhapsody
Aquatic Rhapsody, the fountain leading visitors to the newly renovated Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium, which opens April 5. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo welcomes a zebra foal, born on February 3, 2012. Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo® needs your help! We are on the lookout for tiger salamanders, a species that was last spotted in this area almost 10 years ago. We are looking to you for help in collecting data to see if they are still in eastern Nebraska. If you see one, log on to www.omahazoo.com and report the location. Remember, please do not touch or disturb the salamander, just let us know where you saw it. It’s that simple! Read More »
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is working with Verdis Group who will complete and assist in implementing an energy and sustainability master plan. The partnership has been made possible through a grant from the Peter Kiewit Foundation. Read More »