Zoobilee 2025 – Meerkat Masquerade!. Join us on Friday, August 15, for Zoo Boise’s premier event of the year (21+)! Enjoy local cuisine and drinks, music, auction, & zoo experiences! This year’s theme is Meerkat Masquerade!. 👉 Event details and tickets:

Moving in soon! 🦥 Before this Linné's two-toed sloth arrives at Zoo Boise, we want your help to renovate his new home. We're creating a zookeeper-accessible nook for his twice-daily eye drops and care. Welcome our coming sloth with a housewarming gift:

Meet Revan. Not only is he a local star, he’s also a species ambassador. African lions are a vulnerable species facing declining wild populations. Every time you visit Revan, you're helping protect lions in their natural habitat. Thanks for making an impact!. 📷: ZooTeen Jarron

Our own "Yogi Bear"! Paji likes to stretch out with her favorite custom yoga pose. 📷: Sloth bear by ZooTeen Link

Spotted mid-snack!. The Virginia R. Bartak Red Panda Passage is now open at Zoo Boise and currently home to four red pandas. This immersive, world-class habitat allows them to climb, explore, and walk overhead—and sometimes pause to enjoy a tasty treat!. 📸: Zookeeper Taylor S

Happy Independence Day from Zoo Boise! 🎆 We are open today normal hours: 10AM - 5PM with last admission at 4PM. 🎥: African wild dogs, olive baboons, and southern ground hornbill with patriotic enrichment by zoo volunteer Misty

Relaxing with Akasha. No matter their size, cats are going to be cats. especially our largest cat: an Amur tiger!. 🎥: Taylor T

Before colorful fireworks light up the sky, visit Butterflies in Bloom—where you’ll be surrounded by hundreds of vibrant Costa Rican butterflies fluttering all around you. Open through Labor Day and included with Zoo Boise admission. Sponsored by Franz Witte and KTVB.

Have you visited the brand new Red Panda Passage yet?. Currently home to four red pandas, The Virginia R. Bartak Red Panda Passage is an immersive, world-class habitat that allows red pandas to climb, explore, and walk overhead. 📸: Zookeeper Taylor S.

A wolf? A fox? Neither! Maned wolves are unique canines not closely related to any species. 📷: Maned wolf Lucas by Asher Jensen

Looking for a wild adventure for your kids this July?. We still have spots available for two of our most hands-on and creative summer camps happening July 7–11! Beastly Builders (Ages 7–9) and Conservation Crew (Ages 10–12). Spots are limited -

🦋 Butterflies in Bloom is now open at Zoo Boise. Walk through a greenhouse filled with hundreds of free-flying Costa Rican butterflies. Included with your zoo admission and open daily through Labor Day from 10:30AM – 4PM (weather permitting). Sponsored by Franz Witte and KTVB.

A two-story Education Campus is also coming into view with walls going up fast. This dedicated building will allow us to engage even more learners of all ages with expanded programming in accessible, interactive classrooms. More about these projects:

Renovations to our Small Animal Kingdom are progressing on schedule for a fall 2025 reopening. Exciting transformations that will benefit animal wellbeing AND guest experiences include new spaces for sand cats, meerkats, tortoises, and more!. Photo courtesy of Michael McCullough

Happy birthday week to our male red pandas! 🎉 Jasper and our new, unnamed Himalayan red panda are now both ten years old. 📷: Zookeeper Taylor S

An eight-year-old male Magellanic penguin just moved to Zoo Boise! He joins us through a Species Survival Plan (SSP) recommendation. Zookeepers note that he was instantly friendly with his new colony. To identify him, look for a black band with purple beads on his right wing.

A male Linné's two-toed sloth is moving to Zoo Boise this fall!. To prepare and make him feel at home, we're upgrading his future habitat so zookeepers can better support and treat his eye condition. Make a housewarming gift for our coming sloth: 🦥

A wildly funny evening this Friday (June 27, 6PM) at the zoo? Yes, and. tell you more?! It's Zoo's Line Is It Anyway: an improv comedy show made up on the spot from your ideas. Limited 🎟️ remain: 📷: Grey crowned cranes Cinderella Star and King Dodds

The red pandas now have access to the overhead bridges in the Virginia R. Bartak Red Panda Passage. So, you can look up and watch them move between spaces right above you!! ☝️⬆️. 📷: Male Himalayan red panda by general curator Mel

At Zoo Boise, our olive baboons spend a lot of time grooming each other—not just to stay clean, but to build stronger social bonds. When it comes to keeping our space clean, a big thanks to American Cleaning for recently freshening up our offices!. 📷: Zookeeper Emily