There is a genuine bond between Curator of Birds Bonnie Van Dam and the birds she works with. “These animals pay just as much attention to us as we are paying to them, and I respect and love th...
By Claire Lannoye-Hall, director of education for the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS). Follow Claire on her journey through Peru when you read this blog on StoryMaps! For more than two decade...
It’s just before dawn in the Apalachicola National Forest of Northern Florida, and light is glinting off the dew of the long-leaf pine trees as the humidity peaks. These conditions are just rig...
https://detroitzooblog.org/2024/01/26/collaboration-in-conservation-a-striped-newts-story/
This holiday season has been filled with twinkling lights adorning houses, trees and festive sculptures across metro Detroit. But what happens when these lights dim and burn out, their glow reduc...
Wild Lights at the Detroit Zoo, presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions, is back! On select nights through Jan. 7, you can embark on a luminous adventure where the magic of the holiday season ...
https://detroitzooblog.org/2023/11/24/five-reasons-to-visit-wild-lights-this-holiday-season/
By Mark Vassallo, curator of amphibians for The Detroit Zoological Society. The Panamanian golden frog — or “La Rana Dorada” as it is known in Panama — is an iconic and potentially extinc...
https://detroitzooblog.org/2023/10/27/celebrating-the-panamanian-golden-frog/
Humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy cozying up inside when the fall chill takes over — so do some of the animals who call the Detroit Zoo home! If you are visiting the Zoo this season, you ...
If you’ve ever dreamt of making your school, your community and the world a greener, more eco-friendly place, we have the program for you! The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) is celebrating st...
https://detroitzooblog.org/2023/10/02/join-the-greenprize-award-program-and-be-an-eco-champion/
By Leah Seldon, high school intern for The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS). It was a Monday morning, and instead of making a right to go to school, my father kept straight on a path we hadn’t ...
By Mary Humbyrd, coordinator of behavioral husbandry for the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) National Zoo Keeper Week starts annually on the third Sunday of July. Representative Susan A. Davis i...
https://detroitzooblog.org/2023/07/28/celebrating-national-zoo-keeper-week-2023/