{"id":309,"date":"2025-06-11T19:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoo.org\/nw\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2025-12-12T02:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:03:26","slug":"forest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zoo.org\/nw\/discover\/forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodland Park Zoo is an Urban Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Learn how to spot wildlife with these tips you can use in your neighborhood, on a hike or at the zoo<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Your Zoo is an Urban Forest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are hundreds of animal species that call Woodland Park Zoo home\u2014animals we care for whose wild cousins are native to different habitats around the world. This includes species ranging from orangutans of the Asian tropical forest and penguins from the Pacific coast of South America to hippopotamuses and ostriches of the African savanna and tree kangaroos from Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is another community of animals that relies on the green spaces found right here at home\u2014on our zoo grounds and in neighboring parks and forested areas throughout our living Northwest. We share so much of our green spaces with local, native wildlife. You may have seen them in your own neighborhoods or in nearby parks and habitats around our region. Or maybe you haven\u2019t noticed them at all\u2014but if you take a moment to stop, look and listen, they\u2019re there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get to Know Your Zoo<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Set on 92 acres, Woodland Park Zoo offers a lush canopy that is made up of more than 90,000 plants, trees, flowers, shrubs and other greenery representing more than 1,300 species. Since the 1950s, we have increased the zoo\u2019s tree cover by four-fold\u2014and it has become an essential part of Seattle\u2019s urban forest. Not only do the zoo\u2019s animals use the trees for shade, climbing and sometimes even food, but lots of wildlife lives here too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our footprint has been a home to wild creatures great and small. Some of the small ones are animals you probably recognize and might see in your own neighborhoods\u2014like garter snakes, tree frogs, squirrels, raccoons or rabbits. And some of the bigger ones\u2014like deer, otters and coyotes\u2014live right on the edges of our zoo grounds and in the immediate surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woodland Park Zoo\u2019s urban green space is also a welcoming oasis for hundreds of native and migratory wild birds. Everything from ducks, songbirds and hummingbirds to herons, hawks and eagles live within the zoo\u2019s canopy and raise their young here. Some are here all year round, while others stop over briefly or stay just for a few months to find shelter and to feed as part of their migration patterns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to discover more about the kinds of wildlife that share our habitat, birdwatching can be a great way to start. Why birds? Simply put, because no matter where you are, birds are probably there too! They\u2019re almost everywhere on Earth, from backyards and schoolyards to big cities and distant forests. They\u2019re a constant reminder of the habitats we share\u2014including the urban oasis that is Woodland Park Zoo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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