Press Room (DZS)

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) is paving the way for a more sustainable environment with a new parking lot – located off Woodward Avenue near the Polk Penguin Conservation Center – that utilizes a progressive green design. The lot’s 215 spaces will help accommodate the Detroit Zoo’s rising attendance while incorporating permeable pavement, which reduces […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) is urging Michigan residents to join the organization in opposition of Senate Bill 658, rushed through Committee and the Senate Thursday, to significantly expand Michigan’s Large Carnivore Act. The bill was narrowly passed by the Senate 22-14 and is currently before the House of Representatives. The Large Carnivore Act (Act […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

This holiday season, Detroit Zoo visitors can revel in nostalgia while joining Rudolph on his quest to save Christmas. A 10-minute adaptation of the beloved animated television classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4-D” is showing exclusively at the Wild Adventure Zone 4-D Theater during Wild Lights, the Zoo’s annual holiday light display. Guests will recognize […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Detroit Zoo visitors can execute an Axel, complete a camel spin or simply float freestyle this winter on a new skating rink located in front of the frozen façade of the Polk Penguin Conservation Center. The 1,548-square-foot Winter Rink, which can accommodate 31 skaters, is open now through February 2017.  Guests ages 4 and older […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich., 

Backlit by the sun, an endangered golden langur stares into the distance as it rests in the treetops on India’s Umananda Island.  On a cloudy night, a humpback whale launches into a graceful arc just beneath the water’s surface off the Norwegian coast.  As night begins to fall, a stubby-horned, high-spirited kid ibex frolics through […]