Otter lovers, be aware! The Oregon Zoo and Friends of the Sea Otter celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week, Sept. 23-29 — seven days aimed at showcasing these playful marine mammals and highlighting their critical role in the North Pacific ecosystem. At 11:30 a.m...
Oregon Zoo is celebrating our 2012 ZooLights festival from Wednesday, November 21st through Monday, December 31st. We invite your performing group to participate in this month-long event. ZooLights has become a Portland tradition, attracting thousands of visitors...
With sadness the Oregon Zoo says goodbye to longtime ZooGuide Nancy Parr, who passed away August 19, 2012. Over the last 20 years Nancy volunteered at the Zoo helping with almost every program from Head Start to concerts. In 2003 she received the Packy Award...
The Oregon Zoo's butterfly conservation lab successfully released the last of this season's 1,183 zoo-reared Oregon silverspot butterfly pupae this week...
The Oregon Zoo's youngest elephant, Samudra, turns 4 years old Thursday, Aug. 23, and keepers say the popular pachyderm has done quite a bit of growing up this past year...
Summer's going fast, but there's still time to pack a picnic dinner, stake out a patch of concert lawn, and take in a show by one of country music's all-time greats in an idyllic outdoor setting. Rosanne Cash comes to town Aug...
It’s summertime at the Oregon Zoo, and the Zoo Doo isn’t the only thing that’s funky. Two thrilling musicians, Trombone Shorty and Robert Randolph, will share a bill Aug. 24...
The Oregon Zoo is hosting the sixth annual Orangutan Species Survival Plan workshop Aug. 20-23, bringing some of the world's leading experts to Portland to address issues facing orangutans, both in the wild and in zoos, with a heavy emphasis on conservation...
What says summer in Portland like Pink Martini at the Oregon Zoo? Having played the zoo more than 10 times since 2005, the "little orchestra" will once again make it a double this year,...
