Dallas Zoo

The Dallas Zoo's Safari Nights Concert Series: For Those who Like Animals And Music

It's hard to deny that Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is a king of the music jungle. So, it's only fitting that Springsteen tribute band Bruce in the USA will kick off the Dallas Zoo's weekly Safari Nights concert series this Saturday, June 8. For eight consecutive Saturday nights this summer, beginn ... More >>

Behold, The Bubble Roller

Trick-or-Treat With The Bonobos

Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest II Sets a Date, Plus More Show Announcements

Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival IISaturday, July 28, at Granada TheaterHard to believe we're almost a year removed from the first Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival, which took place in an ice-cold Granada Theater during the hottest part of last summer. You can expect this year to be another oasis, both physically ... More >>

The Dallas Zoo's "Rogue" Spider Monkey

​Perhaps you've heard: A spider monkey got loose at the Dallas Zoo this morning. It's back in its cage now, say zoo officials, who didn't have to tranq or Jabari the monkey to get it back behind bars. But the zoo also can't get the monkey to stop tweeting.Almost "as soon as the call went out," say ... More >>

Do the Zoo, You

No Kidding, Halloween Nights are Perfect for … uh … Kids

Tigers Might Tap the Keg

Rock and Roar with Mom

Cheap Margaritas Make It A Very Happy Hour At Tejano

Jesse Hughey​Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin' Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn't take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: Tejano Mexican Restaurant, 110 W. Davis St., 214-943-8610When: 11 a.m. to 6 p. ... More >>

Pedestrian Playlist: What Does The Executive Director of the Dallas Zoo Listen To?

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to people of interest in the metroplex about their taste in music, including likes, dislikes, and guilty pleasures. We're calling it Pedestrian Playlist -- because, hey, everyone listens to music.I wonder what Turtles listen to?​The Dall ... More >>

Take a Dip in the New Children's Aquarium at Fair Park, Which Opens This Friday

Photos by Danny FulgencioOut back, the Stingray Bay at the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park gives visitors the hands-on experience of feeding the rays.​Till Monday afternoon I hadn't been in the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park since I was, oh, maybe 11, 12 years old. This much I recall of the '36 bui ... More >>

Kegger On The Savanna

Welcome Gypsy And Giants

Jenny, Gypsy and Mayor Tom Leppert Unveil Dallas Zoo's New Giants of the Savanna

Photos by Patrick MichelsMayor Tom Leppert headed out to the Dallas Zoo this morning to soak up some sun, watch the elephants, and preside over the "best ribbon-cutting you've ever seen."​In a sweltering outdoor ceremony that would have slowed down a lesser showman, Mayor Tom Leppert reveled in hi ... More >>

The City Expects That By December 2012, You'll Be Able to Hike n' Bike the Santa Fe Trestle

​Sam's at the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meeting -- lucky! (Too bad he don't liveblog like Andrea.) But whilst on the subject, let's look ahead to next week's council meeting, when the city will finally move forward on a project that been years in the making: construction of the Sant ... More >>

Before Giants of the Savanna Opens, Dallas Zoo Introduces Elephants to Their New Home

Kevin TodoraJenny and Gypsy, now in their new home at the Dallas Zoo​Early this morning, Dallas Zoo officials sent word that they'd moved all six elephants to the  Giants of the Savanna habitat, which officially opens to the public Memorial Day weekend, and maybe we'd like to come take some p ... More >>

The Roaring And Winged

It's All Happening at the Zoo: Giants of Savanna Breaks out the Hard Hat

Spike Johnson​So, yes, maybe you've heard by now: Things have been busy behind the scenes at the Dallas Zoo. Construction has been underway on that much-ballyhooed 11-acre attraction, $32-million Giants of the Savanna habitat, which Park and Rec director Paul Dyer talked to us about way back in Au ... More >>

The Dallas Zoo Wants to Reassure You: This Gorilla Escape Wasn't Like the Last One

Flickr user: Dallas1200am​Maybe you heard: On Saturday, Tufani, a 19-year-old female gorilla at the Dallas Zoo, got out of her holding area at the 2-acre Jake L. Hamon Gorilla Conservation Research Center. It was nothing as dramatic as the Jabari rampage in '04, which prompted PETA to demand the U ... More >>

Zoo Official Says Tufani Escape No "Olympian Leap," Blames Homo Sapien With Squeegee

Photos by Spike JohnsonDallas Zoo executive director Gregg Hudson​Today, Tufani sat in the shade of the south gorilla habitat at the Dallas Zoo half-reclined, peacefully peeling an orange, seemingly unaware of the gaggle of media looking on from a zoo-approved observation point. It was a far cry f ... More >>

Now, How Much Would You Pay to Eat Lunch With Mayor Tom Leppert?

Patrick Michels​I only ask because the Dallas Zoological Society, which is now operating the Dallas Zoo, is auctioning off a date with Mayor Tom as part of its Zoo to Do 2009 Gone Wild! fund-raising event, which runs through September 30 -- so act now! Let's see what you get for your money well sp ... More >>

From California, a Note of Concern Sent to City Council Regarding Dallas Zoo Transfer

Robert Cabello, Dallas Zoological Society​On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will more than likely vote to approve turning over management of the Dallas Zoo to the Dallas Zoological Society -- and, more specifically, its management arm, Dallas Zoo Management, Inc. Further details concerning the ... More >>

In About an Hour, We'll Have An Idea How Suhm Cut $190 Million From City Budget

Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm​Unfair Park might be a little slow-going 'round 1:30 this afternoon, when I'll be down at Dallas City Hall to pick up the executive summary of City Manager Mary Suhm's final budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. Media attending this afternoon's shindig won't be ... More >>

The New Dallas Zoo Revue Will Be Coming Right at You By No Later Than October 1

​If the discussion at Dallas City Hall today is any indication, that outta-nowhere proposal to privatize the Dallas Zoo and the Aquarium at Fair Park is all but a done deal. Expect the city to turn over the keys to the Dallas Zoological Society by October 1 following a vote next week by the city c ... More >>

More on Mayor Leppert's Plan to Privatize the Dallas Zoo and Aquarium at Fair Park

The Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park​Word came earlier this week that Mayor Tom Leppert wants to turn over to the Dallas Zoological Society the keys to the Dallas Zoo in order to shave a few million off a staggering budget deficit of $190 million. But what says the City Council? We should have a prett ... More >>

Roaring For Mom

Discovery Discovers "Green Dallas"

Dallas Zoo's Other Jenny, the World's Oldest Captive Gorilla, Is Dead at 55

Harold Simmons Hates Barack Obama, But Really Likes the Dallas Zoo

Probably Not Our Last Item About Jenny the Elephant, Just Sayin'

Canceled Ticket|Elephant Hell

The Elephant in the Room: The Dallas Zoo's Response to Concerned Citizens

Sunday Roars

All the mamas in the den say "yeah"

Thank You, Zoo!

No Lion for You!

Dallas Roars! at the zoo

Zoo-hoo

You Otter

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Pet Fete

Car Watch

Playing Coy

Plus: Dude, You Owe Us, Like, $95,000; Edit Yourself

Keepin' It Real

Go behind the scenes at the zoo

Pass the Buck

Zoo on the cheap

Woof-la-la

Spoiled bitches have their day

Hercules unchained

Many mistakes were made the day a 340-pound gorilla got loose at the Dallas Zoo. One keeper almost paid for them with her life. But should the deputy zoo director have paid for them with his career?

Look back in confusion

Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

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