Category: Announcements
Welcome New Species
Welcome New Species

Published Oct. 19, 2020 We’re excited to welcome several spectacular new species to our Zoo family! Blue-bellied rollers get their…

Canadian Seahorse Expert Earns World’s Leading Award for Animal Conservation
Canadian Seahorse Expert Earns World’s Leading Award for Animal Conservation

Published May 12, 2020 Officials from the Indianapolis Prize announced Amanda Vincent, Ph.D., as the 2020 Winner of the world’s…

Four New Marine Mammals Arrive
Four New Marine Mammals Arrive

Published Nov. 26, 2019 We have new four cheese blend that you’re sure to love! Gordo, Pepper Jack, Colby and…

Welcome Two New Young Walrus
Welcome Two New Young Walrus

Published Nov. 15, 2019 Visitors will delight in watching the two new energetic additions to the Oceans area, a pair…

Welcome Our New Baby Dolphin
Welcome Our New Baby Dolphin

Published Aug. 30, 2019 We’re excited to welcome our newest Atlantic bottlenose dolphin addition, a healthy boy born to mother…

New Kudu Calf Born
New Kudu Calf Born

Have you herd? We have a new member of our Plains family! Greater kudu Jojo gave birth to a female…

New Species Coming in 2019
New Species Coming in 2019

Whether you go for soft and cuddly or sleek and slithery, you’ll find new faces to swoon over — and…

Zoo Fans Help Name our Snakes
Zoo Fans Help Name our Snakes

Over the course of just two weeks, more than 3,600 names poured in from creative people around the world –…

Supporting Borneo’s Future Forests
Supporting Borneo’s Future Forests

Borneo, an island in Asia known for its rich biodiversity, has for many years faced a diminishing forest. With agriculture…

Meet the pod’s newest member
Meet the pod’s newest member

The newest member of our dolphin pod is sure to make a splash. 7-year-old Hemingway made his way to Indianapolis…

Welcome a Baby Gibbon
Welcome a Baby Gibbon

Our first Zoo baby of the new year just arrived in Forests! A white-handed gibbon named Kavi was born in the…

2018 Prize Winner Announced
2018 Prize Winner Announced

Monday, June 11, 2018 Today, officials of the Indianapolis Prize — the world’s leading award for animal conservation — named…