Running to share the news!🐯 Your Louisville Zoo is nominated for Best Zoo AND Best Zoo Membership for the @USATODAY 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards! Vote once per day for each category until March 10. Vote for Best Zoo here: Vote for Best Zoo Membership here: 📹Stacy Wren #VoteforLouZoo

SAVE THE DATE🎯 Summer camp registration will open up on Tuesday, February 11 at noon EST! Campers grades pre–K – 6 can enjoy our full-day, drop-off camps like Jaws and Claus, Junior Vet Camp and more. View our summer camps here:

Have you checked your membership status for 2025? Now is the purrrfect time to prepare for your next visit. Renew, join or check your benefits here: 📸Callie Wells

Hang out with us at Breakfast with the Beasts on Saturday, March 1 from 9 – 10:30 a.m. Wake up with our orangutans and get a special look into how they start the day while enjoying an exclusive keeper talk and breakfast treats. Purchase your tickets here: 📸Callie Wells

Monarchs and Mimosas tickets are on sale NOW!🦋 🥂 Enjoy mimosas and pastries on Saturday, April 19 from 8:30 – 10 a.m. as you learn to create your own pollinator garden from our experts, with your very own milkweed plant provided by Ironweed Native Plant Nursery. This event is for guests ages 21 and older. Purchase your tickets here: 📸Callie Wells

#MondayMood When you look at today's forecast. Enjoy the weather and visit the Zoo today! Plan your visit here: 📸Callie Wells

Happy Groundhog Day! Today, we enlisted the help of Moxie, a black-footed ferret in our Conservation Center, to determine what kind of weather we can expect to see in the near future. Great news — you can still enjoy the Zoo during the winter or spring!

It's the last month of Wild Winter Days presented by @kroger! Each guest who brings in one non-perishable food item (per person) to donate to Dare to Care at the gate will receive discounted winter admission. Learn more 📸Kyle Shepherd

Earlier this week, your Zoo welcomed Louisville Fire’s Special Rescue Team divers! The team suited up to look at our seal and sea lion pool and help provide us with more information about a leak due to temperature changes. It also gave the firefighters an opportunity for additional training! The good news: the leak is not affecting our seals and sea lions, and they continue to dart around the pool as usual (when the firefighters aren’t in there!) We hope you’ll pardon our mess as we get these cosmetic leaks repaired. A big thank you to the men and women of @loukyfire for all you do to keep our community safe. As a token of our appreciation, we invited the firefighters to join our seal and sea lion training — we’re sure our flippered friends are thankful for their help as well! 📸Kyle Shepherd

✨START✨ your day by signing up for Throo the Zoo on Saturday, May 10! Participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt, unique finishers medal, post-race refreshments, entry to win door prizes and a FREE ticket to come back and visit the Zoo at your own pace! Don't wait; registration fee increases after February 15 sign up at

Are you rooting for six more weeks of winter or eager for an early spring? This Groundhog Day, we're adding a twist and letting a black-footed ferret predict the forecast! Tune in on Sunday, February 2 to see if our black-footed ferret predicts six more weeks of winter or an early spring! #GroundhogDay #FerretForecast

Love is in the air at the Louisville Zoo💓 Join us for Trivia Night – The Birds and the Beasts, a couple’s-only trivia night, featuring a three-course dinner, drinks, special themed entertainment and more! Tickets are only available in pairs. Advanced purchase required — no day-of sales. Get yours today at 📸Callie Wells

SCREEE!🦅 Fly to the Zoo today and see some of your favorite winged friends. Enter the Louisville Zoo daily from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., exit by 5 p.m. 📸Kyle Shepherd

Are you interested in learning about the ecology and conservation challenges of Ecuador and the Galapagos? Join us virtually for Conservation and Conversations this Wednesday, January 29 from 7 – 8 p.m. to hear from our partners in adventure at Classic Escapes Travel Company. Register for FREE at

Race Throo the Zoo with your friends and family! Join us for the WILDEST 5K in town on Saturday, May 10 for a one-of-a-kind experience at the Louisville Zoo. Sign up here: 📸Jonathan Roberts

💻Wednesday, January 29: Conservation and Conversations (virtual), 7 – 8 p.m. Learn about the ecology and conservation challenges of Ecuador and the Galapagos from our partners in adventure at Classic Escapes Travel Company. 🚶Sunday, February 9: Sensory-Friendly Sundays, 1 – 4 p.m. Enjoy a guided sensory-friendly walk to see how your favorite animal ambassadors end their day with fewer stimuli and additional places for quiet time!

Dinner + trivia = Trivia Night — The Birds and the Beasts Join us for our couple’s-only Trivia Night on Wednesday, February 12. Enjoy a three-course dinner, special themed entertainment and exciting prizes. This event is for guests ages 21 and older. Purchase your tickets here: 📸Kyle Shepherd

Happy 11th birthday to Rona, our female gray seal!🦭 You can see her on rotation with the other seals and sea lions in Glacier Run. Retweet to wish Rona a very happy birthday! 📸Callie Wells

Happy #NationalPenguinDay!🐧 The Louisville Zoo has two penguin species: African penguins and little penguins located in the Islands Zone. You can see the little penguins when temperatures are 45 degrees or above. Waddle over and see us! We are OPEN today from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., exit by 5 p.m. 📸Callie Wells