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Sac Zoo lands a new parrot species

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Along with some changes to aviaries throughout the zoo, we have recently welcomed a male hawk-headed parrot to our collection. Bert, the 20-year-old parrot from Denver’s Downtown Aquarium is quite t... Read More

Animal Profile: Pelicans Zamboni & Montana

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The majority of the animals at the zoo were all either born at the Sacramento Zoo, or at another AZA-accredited zoo and moved to Sacramento based on a breeding recommendation by the coordinator for th... Read More

Animal Profile: Twilight the Western Screech Owl

Monday, March 19, 2018

Twilight, a rescued western screech owl, was found in critical condition after an encounter with a house cat. Thankfully Twilight was brought to and rehabilitated at the Effie Yeaw Sacramento Nature C... Read More

Animal Profile: Fulvous Whistling Ducks

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Poseidon, Hermes, and Athena are the well-known fulvous whistling ducks of the Sacramento Zoo. Hatched in two clutches, Poseidon and Hermes were born in July 2013 and the younger male, Athena, was bor... Read More

Animal Profile: Brazilian Rainbow Boa

Friday, January 5, 2018

Named after the largest wetland in the world, Pantanal is a very special Brazilian rainbow boa. She was born through a special process called parthenogenesis. Pantanal’s mother, who lives in the Rep... Read More

Matchmaking Zoo Style: Part Five

Thursday, December 21, 2017

This is the final update of a five-part blog series following Indah as she moved from the Houston Zoo to the Sacramento Zoo. Read the previous update. Months of planning and coordination between the S... Read More

Pandapalooza

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

One loves grapes and the other prefers apples. Benjamin and Amaya, the zoo’s two new red pandas, have found each other at the Sacramento Zoo. Both arrived the same day in November as part of the Ass... Read More

Celebrating the Life of Izzy the Southern Tamandua

Thursday, November 30, 2017

On Tuesday afternoon the Sacramento Zoo lost a golden resident, Izzy, a southern tamandua. A female who knew what she wanted and only did things on her terms, Izzy did not let her old age or a variety... Read More

Animal Profile: Steve the Red-tailed Hawk

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Steve, a rescue red-tailed hawk, came to the Sacramento Zoo in April 1993. A wildlife rehabilitation center found him as a fledgling in the base of a tree and was diagnosed with permanent eye damage,... Read More

A New Mob at the Sacramento Zoo

Monday, June 19, 2017

The Sacramento Zoo has two new young male red kangaroos from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, named Flux and Jordan! The two male marsupials are just under two years of age and still have some growing to do b... Read More

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