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Strike a pose! 🐧 Meet one-month-old Magellanic penguin chicks Chimi, Churri and Malbec, serving up peak penguin cuteness.
📷: Animal care staff Kacie
#penguin #penguinchick #waddle #zooquarium
Thanks for joining us for our first Arctic Sea Ice Weekend! Discover simple, everyday climate actions that make a real difference, from saving energy at home to cutting down on waste. Small changes add up, and when we take action together, we help create a healthier future for Arctic wildlife and our planet. 🌎
📷: Animal care staff Kacie
#saveourseaice #arcticfox #enrichment
Our American Red Wolf pups, born April 18, are now howling with the pack!
The pups are part of the AZA SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction program and the American Red Wolf population management program. Depending on what`s best for the species, they may remain at our offsite facility, move to another accredited zoo or conservation center, or potentially contribute to future recovery efforts in the wild.
Our offsite Red Wolf facility has played an important role in recent recovery successes, including multiple pup births, fostering pups into wild dens to increase genetic diversity, and the release of adult wolves into protected habitats in North Carolina. Every pup born here helps support the future of one of the world`s most endangered canids.
Meet Owen! 🦭 Our second-ever sea lion pup arrived on June 1, and he’s thriving alongside mom Eloise behind the scenes. He’s nursing, growing stronger every day, and getting to know his animal care team. 💙
#sealion #sealionpup #pupdate #babyanimals #zooquarium
Meet Chimi, Churri, and Malbec, named by their care team after traditional foods and drinks from their native range of Argentina and Chile. These growing Magellanic penguin chicks have reached a big milestone and are now eating whole fish all on their own! 🐧
🐧 Fish are officially on the menu! 🐟
Meet Chimi, Churri and Malbec, named by their care team after traditional foods and drinks from their native range of Argentina and Chile. These growing Magellanic penguin chicks have reached a big milestone and are now eating whole fish all on their own!
Guests may be able to spot them in their cozy nook at Penguin Point while they finish growing their waterproof feathers. Then, it’ll be time for swimming lessons in the main pool with the rest of the waddle! 🌊
#penguin #penguinchick #pointdefiancezoo #animalcare #zooquarium
Our American Red Wolf pups have officially started eating meat, but every now and then, they still stop by for a quick nursing session with mom, Violet.
The pups are part of the AZA SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction program and the American Red Wolf population management program. Depending on what`s best for the species, they may remain at our offsite facility, move to another accredited zoo or conservation center, or potentially contribute to future recovery efforts in the wild.
Our offsite Red Wolf facility has played an important role in recent recovery successes, including multiple pup births, fostering pups into wild dens to increase genetic diversity, and the release of adult wolves into protected habitats in North Carolina. Every pup born here helps support the future of one of the world`s most endangered canids.
Talk about perfect aim! 🎯 Assistant curator Shannon delivers a meatball straight into Sumatran tiger Bintang’s mouth during a keeper chat. 🐅
