Zoo Boise

🌍🐾 An inexpensive way to visit the zoo! Earth Day Family Night Out is just $8 per person and offers a special chance to explore Zoo Boise after hours on Thursday, April 23 from 6-8PM. Registration is required. zooboise.org/event/earth-da… 📷: Sand cat Nala by zookeeper Taylor T

Our palm-nut vultures Ilo and Jaydi enjoy relaxing to some tunes! While zookeepers clean the vulture habitat, they turn on some musical enrichment and notice the birds listening along. 🎵

Celebrate World Penguin Day at Zoo Boise with our Magellanic penguin colony plus fun activities and chats on Saturday (April 25) from 10AM - 2PM. Included with regular zoo admission. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union and St. Luke's Health Plan. 📷: Penguin Duke by staff Kat

🐸 Not what it seems… The Amazon milk frog doesn’t make milk. It produces a protective secretion that is toxic to predators. 📸: Zookeeper Murphy

☀️🐾 A summer camp experience unlike anywhere else Registration is now open for Zoo Boise’s camps for ages 4 to 12. These popular programs are filling fast and can include animal encounters, hands-on activities, art, games, & more. See the full lineup at zooboise.org/summer

A love for animals doesn't just happen. It sprouts in pre-K zoo. Takes root on class field trips. And deepens during summer camp. Help make sure no child is turned away by helping us expand programs so more wild connections can grow! zooboise.org/donate 📷: Amur tiger Akasha

🧸🐾 Safari Stuffies at Zoo Boise! Create your own stuffed animal and bring it to life on Friday, April 24 from 5:30-7:30PM. Includes a special zoo experience, light snacks, and a cuddly new friend to take home. Space is limited & registration required - zooboise.org/event/safari-s…

Our cotton-top tamarin family had lots of choices of what to eat today, but the apple peels were the biggest hit worth sharing! 🍎 📹: Zookeeper Brooke

Not every child can visit us. That's why outreach is a big focus. Bringing Zoo Boise educators directly into classrooms ignites curiosity with hands-on activities that can't happen thru a screen. This only happens with donors like you: zooboise.org/donate 📷: Grévy’s zebras

Conservation Partner Spotlight: Global Penguin Society Part of every Zoo Boise visit goes to our conservation fund. In 2025, you helped the Global Penguin Society protect more birds during breeding season, better identify penguin migration areas, and manage protected area coasts.

Zoo Boise Summer Camps - Registration Now Open! These engaging and epic programs for ages 4-12 are filling fast. Get in on the action for animal encounters, arts, experiments, games, and more. See the full lineup: zooboise.org/summer

Adaptive Evening returns Wed, April 29. Our afterhours (6-8PM) zoo experience designed for individuals w/ disabilities and their friends + fam focuses on sensory input stations, including guided tours, up close animal encounters, and art activities. Sponsored by Accel Therapies.

New arrival! We’re excited to share that two African Cape porcupines have joined us and can now be found in Zoo's Boise Gorongosa Park section. As they settle into this new home, they may take time to adjust. If you’d like to see them, be patient and quiet around their habitat.

We present you with Prairie dog Phred enjoying his salad. 📹: Zookeeper Taylor T

🌍🐾 An inexpensive way to visit the zoo! Earth Day Family Night Out is just $8 per person and offers a special chance to explore Zoo Boise after hours on Thursday, April 23 from 6-8PM. Registration is required. zooboise.org/event/earth-da… 📸:White-handed gibbons by zookeeper Elsa

🐐 A little flavor goes a long way. We sometimes use drinks like Gatorade to help our goats take important supplements. It encourages them to drink and ensures they get what they need to stay healthy.

🦒The Perkins Coie Giraffe Encounter is back, and with expanded time!! You can now feed our giraffes from 11:30AM - 1:30PM on Tuesday - Sunday. It’s just $5 and every dollar goes directly to conservation. All encounters are weather & animal dependent. 📷: Giraffe Tafari by Kat

Porcupine Ozzy's healthy dental habit: he likes to chew on sticks to help keep his continuously growing teeth in good condition! Not quite like humans flossing after meals, Ozzy's routine is more like us filing our fingernails. 📷: Prehensile-tailed porcupine by zookeeper Brooke

Think back to childhood... remember the thrill of seeing and hearing wild animals at a zoo! Now, imagine passing that joy on. You can inspire the next gen to care about wildlife by giving to Zoo Education programs: zooboise.org/donate 📷: Red panda Rylan by keeper Taylor S

Zoo Boise is open today for Easter from 10AM – 5PM, with last admission at 4PM. We hope to see you! 📷: Warthog Makena by zookeeper Murphy