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ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Hop over to Bunnyville at the Detroit Zoo this April for two days of “egg-citing” fun for the whole family! The Zoo’s annual springtime celebration, presented by Meijer, returns from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 7-8 and is free for Zoo members to attend. Non-members can also join in on the fun, as admission […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society is saying “hello again” to a familiar face this week. After nearly a year away, male polar bear Nuka has returned to the Detroit Zoo. Born at the Denver Zoo on Nov. 25, 2004, Nuka lived at the Detroit Zoo from 2011 to 2022. While at the Detroit Zoo, Nuka successfully […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) announced today the hiring of Mike Murray as the nonprofit’s new vice president of life sciences. He joins the DZS after spending the past five years at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, serving most recently as its curator of mammals and behavioral husbandry.   As the DZS’s new vice president of […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Join the Belle Isle Nature Center for a free event full of winter fun! WHAT:  Celebrate all things winter at the Belle Isle Nature Center’s annual Winterfest! Guests will have the opportunity to trek through the trails on snowshoes, make a feeder to care for birds in the winter, learn about animal adaptations and cold-weather survival, […]

The Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center will reopen to the public on Saturday, Dec. 24. The Zoo will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and the Nature Center will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Both campuses are closed on Christmas Day (Sunday, Dec. 25) and will resume normal […]