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Here for a While, Crocodile!
A new face is always exciting at the Zoo but we’re especially proud to be part of the much larger, global conservation efforts. Through a partnership with the Crocodilian Conservation Center of Florida (CCCF), we’ve welcomed Roberta—a seven-foot long Orinoco crocodile! These beastly reptiles are South America’s largest predator, growing up to...
Everyone’s Wingman
Everyone’s Wingman—Vet Tech Appreciation Week The Zoo is home to over 350 animals and a huge part of ensuring top-quality animal wellness is providing individualized health care. Most people understand a veterinarian’s role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of animals but few recognize the hard work and dedication it takes...
Awarded 2018 Volunteer Engagement Award for Innovation!
The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens received the 2018 Volunteer Engagement Award for Innovation in its volunteer program at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ annual conference during the last week of September in Seattle, Washington. The AZA Volunteer Engagement Award recognizes institutions with outstanding achievement...
Reptiles—Repelling or Riveting?
R.A.D.! Happy Reptile Awareness Day! If you ask a “non-native” to describe Florida, you’ll probably hear about reptiles, especially ‘gators and crocodiles (Florida is the only place in North America crocodiles can be seen in their natural habitat)! We’re also home to fifty species of snake (only six are venomous), sea turtles,...
We’ve Spotted a Star
If you haven’t heard, we’ve got a new king of the Zoo (at least he thinks so). We’re excited to finally reveal the refurbished and expanded habitat—now home to Temur, an Amur leopard. Temur is a two-year old male who was born at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. He arrived in the spring but has […]
Remembering Emba’s Tall Legacy
We’re deeply saddened to announce the loss of our resident male Baringo, commonly known as Rothschild, giraffe, Emba. He was born October 23, 1995 at the Oklahoma City Zoo and resided at several other facilities before arriving from White Oak in 2014 for the opening of our giraffe habitat. Emba was 22 years old. The […]
