On Wednesday, April 26, the Memphis Zoo’s lone remaining panda began it’s journey to China. The zoo had a send off party with visitors on April 8 in anticipation of…
Category: Animal Spotlight
The best part of visiting zoos is the animals! On our journeys, we’ve had many great animal experiences. The blogs on this page will share some of those with you, such as our tamandua and bison encounters. In other articles, we’ll highlight a species and share pictures that we’ve taken, or maybe just bring some awareness to you on an animal you don’t know much about.
A Bucket List Adventure: Swimming with Manatees
On Spring Break of 2018, my wife and I flew to Florida to cross an item off of our her bucket list: swimming with manatees. This was a quick trip…
Top Butterfly Exhibits
March 14 is National Learn About Butterflies Day. When you think of zoos, butterflies might not necessarily come to mind. But you might be surprised to find out that a…
Best Polar Bear Exhibits
National Polar Bear Day is February 27. That makes this the perfect time for us to rank our best polar bear exhibits! As mentioned in previous articles, we’ve visited several…
National Hippo Day
February 15 is national hippo day. Growing up, hippos were my favorite animal! I LOVED seeing them. When we were at a zoo that didn’t have hippos, my parents instead…
The San Diego Zoo Koala Loan Program
Photo credit to San Diego Zoo Global
You Need to Have a Penguin Encounter!
Some might argue that the “hottest” zoo animal right now is the sloth. Sloths seem to be all the rage, and we too jumped in on this trend by having…
World Elephant Day
Monday, August 12 is World Elephant Day. Being from the Chicago area, elephants aren’t in our immediate vicinity. Both the Lincoln Park Zoo and Brookfield Zoo no longer have elephants….
Sloth Encounter at the Columbian Park Zoo
In case you haven’t noticed, sloths are totally in! In 2017, a Wall Street Journal article credited their rise in fame to Hollywood, citing the movies “Ice Age” and “Zootopia”…
Our Tamandua (anteater) Encounter
The Columbian Park Zoo is a small zoo in Lafayette, Indiana. We visited this zoo back in 2015, and honestly didn’t appreciate it much. Our return visit in 2019 has…