PRESS RELEASE / July 24, 2025 Zoo welcomes another new tapir! SEATTLE—Last month Woodland Park Zoo heralded the arrival of a new Malayan female tapir, Binti (bin-tee). Now, her future companion, a male named Tuah (TOO-uh), has completed the cross-country trek from Minnesota…
CALENDAR ADVISORY / July 13, 2025 Join Seattle Public Library and Woodland Pak Zoo for free Disability Pride Month celebration at the Rose Garden Story stroll, story time, bookmobile, animal experience and more WHAT: Celebrate Disability Pride Month at the Woodland Park Rose Garden…
PRESS RELEASE / July 8, 2025 Comedy for Conservation A night with Seth Meyers August 22 on the BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru stage WHAT:It’s a night of comedy, conservation and community as Woodland Park Zoo welcomes Seth Meyers on the BECU…
PRESS RELEASE / June 30, 2025 Celebrating PRIDE! Woodland Park Zoo Animals Enjoy PRIDE Themed Enrichment SEATTLE—On the final day of Pride Month, the animals at Woodland Park Zoo are showing their PRIDE. Several animals at the zoo received rainbow-themed enrichment over the…
PRESS RELEASE / June 27, 2025 A new tapir has joined Woodland Park Zoo’s family—meet Binti! SEATTLE—There’s a new tapir in town at Woodland Park Zoo! Meet Binti (bin-tee), a female Malayan tapir. Binti, which means “daughter of” in Malay, will celebrate her…
CALENDAR ADVISORY / June 26, 2025 All You Can Zoo: 21+ day, adults only at the zoo! WHAT:There is so much to see and zoo! Enjoy the first ever all-inclusive, adults-only day at Woodland Park Zoo. For one price, the all-day adventure includes: The zoo will…
PRESS RELEASE / June 17, 2025 Planning Our Future: Woodland Park Zoo Embarks on New Long-Range Facilities Plan Community survey launching in July—help shape the future! SEATTLE—Woodland Park Zoo is embarking on a new Long-Range Facilities Plan planning process with a vision…
CALENDAR ADVISORY / June 16, 2025 Cheers to Conservation! OktoBEARfest Roars Back This Fall! Tickets go on sale June 20 for Woodland Park Zoo’s beary fun adults-only event WHAT:After a sellout event in its first year, OktoBEARfest presented by Alaska…
PRESS RELEASE / June 9, 2025 Class of 2025 turtles released to the wild Zoo and partners saving endangered turtles one shell at a time SEATTLE—One shell at a time, Woodland Park Zoo and partners are saving Washington state’s endangered…
PRESS RELEASE / May 27, 2025 Zoo loses Helen, its matriarch snow leopard and grandmother to cubs SEATTLE— Woodland Park Zoo is mourning the passing of snow leopard Helen, its 20-year-old matriarch and grandmother to three cubs born exactly one…
