Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo Homepage

Closures & Animal Viewing Impacts:

Zoo Grounds: Last entry to the zoo for guests and members will be at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6th, to accommodate set up for our Zoo Brew (18+) event. Thank you for your understanding.

Zoo Grounds: Last entry to the zoo for guests and members will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11th, to accommodate a staff celebration. Thank you for your understanding.

Dorothy Harvie Gardens and the ENMAX Conservatory: Both spaces will close early for private events on the following dates:

Thursday, May 29th, last entry at 12:45 p.m.
Friday, May 30th, last entry at 10:45 a.m.

African Savannah: Painting inside and around the African Savannah Building will impact hippo viewing. Hippos will not be viewable on the following dates:

Tuesday, May 20 – Friday, May 23
Monday, May 26 – Friday, May 30
Monday, June 2 – Tuesday, June 3

Our giraffe tower will remain viewable indoors or outdoors (weather permitting).

Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo Homepage

Butterflies

News

Washed Ashore, fish

May 30, 2025

Announcements

Art With Impact: Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo Hosts Washed Ashore

30 MAY 2025 (Calgary, AB) – What happens when creativity meets conservation? Starting tomorrow, visitors to the Wilder I…

Read More

Bald ibis chick and dam Natasha

May 16, 2025

Bite-Sized

A High-Flying Conservation Success

Big milestone alert! A southern bald ibis chick has fledged at the zoo — a first in our history! With the species listed…

Read More

Spur-winged lapwing chicks

May 15, 2025

Bite-Sized

Chick, Chick, Chick, Hooray!

We’ve got exciting news — three spur-winged lapwing chicks hatched last month in our African Rainforest Aviary! Meet the…

Read More

Blue peafowl

May 14, 2025

Bite-Sized

Remembering ‘Steve’

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of a beloved member of our peafowl muster, ‘Steve’. Steve (green leg b…

Read More

Wood bison calf

May 13, 2025

Bite-Sized

Welcoming a Bison Calf to Wild Canada

Have you herd the news? We’re thrilled to share that yesterday morning, a wood bison calf was born to mom, ‘Taiga’, who…

Read More

May 2, 2025

Bite-Sized

Zoo Debut: Dalmatian Pelicans Return for the Season

Spring is here, and we’re ready to feel the sunshine on our feathers! Now that temperatures have remained consistently w…

Read More

Showing 6 of 152