Saving Animals | North Carolina Zoo

Spring Break Alert
The Zoo anticipates high attendance, especially on warm, sunny days. For safety and guest experience, the Zoo may temporarily limit admission once parking reaches capacity. This will not only help with crowd management but will also provide a more relaxed and enjoyable visit for guests and their loved ones. Consider arriving early or carpooling, and check our site / social pages often for more updates!

Birds on the Edge: Caring for Endangered Birds in the Mariana Islands During Translocation

Imagine trying to get a blood sample from a bird the size of a ping pong ball!

The light brown, oval shaped head of a Virgin Island Boa as it dangles from a tree branch. Part of its neck and a leaf are also visible in this close up view.

Cold-Blooded Conservation: Saving Snakes - One Island at a Time

Snakes are important, even in the islandssssssss

Climate in Crisis: How Polar Bears Helped Me

July 15 is Arctic Sea Ice Day. The Arctic affects us all, and we must protect it

A Chimpanzee sitting and looking contemplative, its gaze focused on something off to the right, above it..

Kevin Langergraber

Kevin Langergraber

At the Front Lines: Removing Snares to Protect Chimpanzees

Today is World Chimpanzee Day. Learn How the North Carolina Zoo is Helping Chimps Around the World.

A Visayan Hornbill perched on a tree branch in a wire fence enclosure. This bird has grey wings, a long, hooked grey beak, and a white head and body with reddish splotches around its legs.

Translating Science into Action: Planning Conservation for West Visayas, Philippines

Saving five important species in the Philippines

A view from the ground, looking up into the tree tops where a rust colored Lemur with a black face and rounded ears sits on a branch, looking down towards the viewer.

On the Frontlines: Protecting Preuss's Red Colobus Monkey in Nigeria

Saving another species of primates that face extinction

A side view of a small, mottled green Carolina gopher frog blending in with a mossy background.

Cold-Blooded Conservation: Amphibian Conservation in the North Carolina Sandhills

Conservation right here in North Carolina, all for the gopher frog

A mother Giraffe with her tan skin and brown spots standing near some trees, stumps and brush. They are standing side by side, staring at the camera.

Seeing Spots in Tanzania: What’s the Point of Spots for Giraffe?

Each giraffe has unique spots, much like a human's unique finger print!

A group of children, most appearing to be Black, are gathered in a grassy area with dense foliage, listening to a person in a military-style uniform who is gesturing and pointing. The children are wearing various colored tops and dresses. The children are students from the UNITE program on a field trip.

A School on the Other Side of the World: Taking Lessons from a Rain Forest to the Savannah

UNITE to save the environment, all over the world!