Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Denver Zoo: Meet Billy, the male elephant who will make his home here later this summer

Look out, lady elephants of North America! A new hunk is headed your way. Billy the elephant is scheduled to arrive at the Denver Zoo later this summer. The five-year-old will come from the Antwerpen Zoo in Belgium, where he was called Budi. But Denver already has an elephant named Bodhi -- and t ... More >>

Denver Zoo welcomes an effing adorable red panda named Chewbacca, ready for love

A red panda named Chewbacca has come to live at the Denver Zoo. His purpose? To mate with the zoo's female red panda, Daisy. His other, more important purpose? To be effing adorable. Continue reading for more facts and photos of the six-year-old Chewbacca -- who came to Denver from the Detroit Zo ... More >>

Denver Zoo named greenest zoo in the country (plus pictures of effing adorable baby animals)

"I love to poop."​ The Denver Zoo is the greenest zoo in the country, according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which awarded the zoo its first-ever (and aptly titled) Green Award. So what makes the Denver Zoo so environmentally friendly? One of the reasons has to do with elephant po ... More >>

Denver Zoo welcomes four red ruffed (and endangered) (and effing cute!) lemurs

"We loves being born!"​ We here at Effing Adorable Animal Baby Headquarters just got a super-important dispatch from the Denver Zoo: four new red ruffed lemur babies! Though not as effing adorable as the zoo's four Amur tiger cubs -- who won the prestigious Best Denver Zoo Animal Babies award ... More >>

Cranbeary, the Denver Zoo's returning lady polar bear, is looking for love(making)

Dave Parsons/Denver ZooCranbeary is smiling. Maybe because she just did it.​ It's Adorable Animal Friday! (See previous installments here: baby giraffe is born; baby monkey is effing cute; naked mole rats are effing hideous.) Today, we bring you Cranbeary, an eight-year-old polar bear who has ... More >>

Caution: A herd of bull elephants is coming to the Denver Zoo

Inside one of the nation's top carnivore sanctuaries

Off Limits

Sour fruit

Off Limits

A revolutionary idea

Off the Deep End

Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.