Weekend forecast: 100% chance of naps

Checkup time for Cupid ❤️ agouti! This sweet guy's preventative health exam included blood samples, CT scan, ultrasound, and dental check. Results? He's a-good-to go 😁 #VetTales Friday

Happy International Zoo Educator Day! 🎉 Today, our amazing Learning & Engagement team is taking over our Instagram to give you an exclusive look behind the scenes and show you what a day in the life of a Zoo Educator is really like. https://t.co/m205EFFcx7 📸: Allison Menelli

We've really enjoyed seeing all your amazing content during our Glowfari lantern event! Don't forget to tag us on your next visit!   Book your reservation at: https://t.co/Bi1hDOWgmi

Open up and say HenriettAH! 📸: Keeper Marisa

Cleopatra is a 2-year-old German Shepherd mix with a calm spirit and a loving heart and is available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services. Once a little shy, she’s grown more confident, showing her playful side to everyone she meets. https://t.co/ZfEPjn0V6j

It’s game on!!! Rainer’s defense strategy: dramatic whooping and elite-level bell pepper handling 🫑

These silly boys and the black bears are entering torpor season, a winter sleep where they lower body temperature, heart rate, and metabolism to conserve energy. Though less visible from Nov-Mar, this supports their health and natural behaviors.    📸: Keeper Leslie

✨Tickets to Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari lantern festival are now on sale! ✨ This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo. More info and buy tickets here: https://t.co/fwjJG8mSxI

PuduBoop 📸: Keeper Marisa

IT'S TIIMMEE!! Tickets to Glowfari, our wildly illuminating lantern festival, are on sale now! Opening night tickets are still available! The earlier you buy, the better the price! Buy your tickets here: https://t.co/Bi1hDOWgmi

Cold weather is approaching. Do you have your snuggle buddy ready?   📸: Keeper Marisa

Time flies, but some things never change 🥹 📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa

For the past decade Oakland Zoo has been taking action to restore bison to their native homeland in @blackfeet territory. On National Bison Day we remain committed to this goal. New video: https://t.co/lNdaLFOZNa #bison #conservation #takingaction #nationalmammal

Happy Halloween from Oakland Boo to you and all your little pumpkins 🎃

It's Halloween Eve....a day to be fangful for all things weird and wonderful 🧛 Case in point: these hyrax "fangs" are actually continuously growing incisors, just like the tusks of their surprisingly close relatives: elephants!

Oakland Zoo: Ghost Edition! 👻🎃 Special thanks to keepers Alyssa, Xana, and Lovesong for the #ghostphootshoot fun!

TWO INFINITY AND BEYOND!! Little Kendi giraffe turned 2 and got an interstellar @pixar party 🚀 Our youngest giraffe, Kendi has lots of energy and is easy to identify (she’s the shortest!) Happy birthday, sweetheart 🦒 ❤️ 📸 : Zoological Managers Amy and Elise

Kat-o’-lantern 🎃 📸: Keeper Noelle

We had another fangtastic Boo at the Zoo weekend with a costume contest! Despite many submissions, it's hard not to love those inspired by the Zoo like the... 🎃 Giraffe Trading Card 🎃 Aldabra Tortoise Family 🎃 RAD Room 🎃 Learning and Engagement Staff Member