Press Room

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has received the coveted Green Award from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). The top honor for best sustainable business practices was presented Sept. 20, 2015, at the AZA Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award recognizes green programs that exist institution-wide in the 229 AZA-accredited zoos […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Weekend visitors to the Detroit Zoo were treated to their first look at a female red panda cub born June 22. Tofu, the offspring of 10-year-old mother Ta-Shi and 6-year-old father Shifu, was spotted close to her mom on Saturday in their wooded habitat across from the Amur tigers. “Ta-Shi took her time bringing her […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) is asking the community to take preventative measures to protect wild birds from window strikes, which occur when a bird collides with a window and dies.  According to the Humane Society of the United States, an estimated 100 million or more birds in the U.S. are killed from strikes each […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

More than 4,000 first-grade students in Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are kicking off their school year with an immersive science curriculum developed in conjunction with the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS).  The program, which began September 16 and runs through September 30, combines in-class learning with hands-on experiences at the Detroit Zoo, bringing science to life […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) has successfully weaned 1.3 million Detroit Zoo visitors off the bottle.  In August 2013, the DZS launched a three-year initiative to discontinue the sale and use of bottled water – and has completed the phase-out almost a year ahead of schedule.  Only a few bottles of water remain on Zoo […]