Oakland Zoo
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Some bonds are wildly special! Celebrate family, found or chosen, with a gift membership & save 15% this Cyber Weekend only!
Use the link below and code 25GS1X to save big today. Online only at Dual level or higher thru 12/01/2025.
oaklandzoo.org/join
📸: Steve Goodall
Use the link below and code 25GS1X to save big today. Online only at Dual level or higher thru 12/01/2025.
oaklandzoo.org/join
📸: Steve Goodall
Some bonds are wildly special! Celebrate family, found or chosen, with a gift membership & save 15% this Cyber Weekend only!
Use the link below and code 25GS1X to save big today. Online only at Dual level or higher thru 12/01/2025.
oaklandzoo.org/join
📸: Steve Goodall
Use the link below and code 25GS1X to save big today. Online only at Dual level or higher thru 12/01/2025.
oaklandzoo.org/join
📸: Steve Goodall
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some bonds are wildly special! Celebrate family, found or chosen, with a gift membership & save 15% this Cyber Weekend only!
Use the link below and code 25GS1X to save big today. Online only at Dual level or higher thru 12/01/2025.
oaklandzoo.org/join
📸: Steve Goodall
Use the link below and code 25GS1X to save big today. Online only at Dual level or higher thru 12/01/2025.
oaklandzoo.org/join
📸: Steve Goodall
Happy Thanksgiving! Oakland Zoo is closed today.
Hope you’re able to spend time with loved ones and enjoy some time lounging like Pagi the sun bear ☀️ 🐻
video: Keeper Marisa
Hope you’re able to spend time with loved ones and enjoy some time lounging like Pagi the sun bear ☀️ 🐻
video: Keeper Marisa
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Oakland Zoo is closed today.
Hope you’re able to spend time with loved ones and enjoy some time lounging like Pagi the sun bear ☀️ 🐻
video: Keeper Marisa
Hope you’re able to spend time with loved ones and enjoy some time lounging like Pagi the sun bear ☀️ 🐻
video: Keeper Marisa
Well, that's one way to do a meerkat cuddle puddle...
📸: Keeper Amy
📸: Keeper Amy
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Well, that's one way to do a meerkat cuddle puddle...
📸: Keeper Amy
📸: Keeper Amy
Spotted at the vet hospital this week—Harley the hyena! 🦷💚
Harley came in for her checkup (and some dental pampering). Our keepers noticed she was having a little trouble chewing, but four root canals later and Harley’s on the road to feeling much better!
#VetTales Friday
Harley came in for her checkup (and some dental pampering). Our keepers noticed she was having a little trouble chewing, but four root canals later and Harley’s on the road to feeling much better!
#VetTales Friday
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Spotted at the vet hospital this week—Harley the hyena! 🦷💚
Harley came in for her checkup (and some dental pampering). Our keepers noticed she was having a little trouble chewing, but four root canals later and Harley’s on the road to feeling much better!
#VetTales Friday
Harley came in for her checkup (and some dental pampering). Our keepers noticed she was having a little trouble chewing, but four root canals later and Harley’s on the road to feeling much better!
#VetTales Friday
Cheesecake has been waiting a long time for her moment, and this week she gets the spotlight as an adoptable pet from Oakland Animal Services 💜
www.oaklandanimalservices.org
📍 Oakland Animal Services | 1101 29th Ave, Oakland
🕐 Adoption Hours: Thu 12–6:30 PM, Fri–Sun 12–3 PM
www.oaklandanimalservices.org
📍 Oakland Animal Services | 1101 29th Ave, Oakland
🕐 Adoption Hours: Thu 12–6:30 PM, Fri–Sun 12–3 PM
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Cheesecake has been waiting a long time for her moment, and this week she gets the spotlight as an adoptable pet from Oakland Animal Services 💜
www.oaklandanimalservices.org
📍 Oakland Animal Services | 1101 29th Ave, Oakland
🕐 Adoption Hours: Thu 12–6:30 PM, Fri–Sun 12–3 PM
www.oaklandanimalservices.org
📍 Oakland Animal Services | 1101 29th Ave, Oakland
🕐 Adoption Hours: Thu 12–6:30 PM, Fri–Sun 12–3 PM
Which view do you prefer? (HINT: There are no wrong answers!) ✨
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Which view do you prefer? (HINT: There are no wrong answers!) ✨
🌟 Double your impact this giving season! 🌟
Your donation to Oakland Zoo will be matched up to $150,000 now through 12/31.
Since 2017, we’ve helped mountain lions facing challenges like wildfires and car strikes.
Donate here: tinyurl.com/5589x7ed
Your donation to Oakland Zoo will be matched up to $150,000 now through 12/31.
Since 2017, we’ve helped mountain lions facing challenges like wildfires and car strikes.
Donate here: tinyurl.com/5589x7ed
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🌟 Double your impact this giving season! 🌟
Your donation to Oakland Zoo will be matched up to $150,000 now through 12/31.
Since 2017, we’ve helped mountain lions facing challenges like wildfires and car strikes.
Donate here: tinyurl.com/5589x7ed
Your donation to Oakland Zoo will be matched up to $150,000 now through 12/31.
Since 2017, we’ve helped mountain lions facing challenges like wildfires and car strikes.
Donate here: tinyurl.com/5589x7ed
Nothing beats a satisfying crunch!
📸: Keeper Stacie
📸: Keeper Stacie
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nothing beats a satisfying crunch!
📸: Keeper Stacie
📸: Keeper Stacie
Checkup time for Cupid ❤️ agouti!
This sweet guy's preventative health exam included blood samples, CT scan, ultrasound, and dental check.
Results? He's a-good-to go 😁
#VetTales Friday
This sweet guy's preventative health exam included blood samples, CT scan, ultrasound, and dental check.
Results? He's a-good-to go 😁
#VetTales Friday
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Checkup time for Cupid ❤️ agouti!
This sweet guy's preventative health exam included blood samples, CT scan, ultrasound, and dental check.
Results? He's a-good-to go 😁
#VetTales Friday
This sweet guy's preventative health exam included blood samples, CT scan, ultrasound, and dental check.
Results? He's a-good-to go 😁
#VetTales Friday
Happy International Zoo Educator Day! 🎉
Today, our amazing Learning & Engagement team is taking over our Instagram to give you an exclusive look behind the scenes and show you what a day in the life of a Zoo Educator is really like.
www.instagram.com/oaklandzoo/
📸: Allison Menelli
Today, our amazing Learning & Engagement team is taking over our Instagram to give you an exclusive look behind the scenes and show you what a day in the life of a Zoo Educator is really like.
www.instagram.com/oaklandzoo/
📸: Allison Menelli
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy International Zoo Educator Day! 🎉
Today, our amazing Learning & Engagement team is taking over our Instagram to give you an exclusive look behind the scenes and show you what a day in the life of a Zoo Educator is really like.
www.instagram.com/oaklandzoo/
📸: Allison Menelli
Today, our amazing Learning & Engagement team is taking over our Instagram to give you an exclusive look behind the scenes and show you what a day in the life of a Zoo Educator is really like.
www.instagram.com/oaklandzoo/
📸: Allison Menelli
Open up and say HenriettAH!
📸: Keeper Marisa
📸: Keeper Marisa
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Open up and say HenriettAH!
📸: Keeper Marisa
📸: Keeper Marisa
Cleopatra is a 2-year-old German Shepherd mix with a calm spirit and a loving heart and is available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services.
Once a little shy, she’s grown more confident, showing her playful side to everyone she meets.
oaklandanimalservices.org
Once a little shy, she’s grown more confident, showing her playful side to everyone she meets.
oaklandanimalservices.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Cleopatra is a 2-year-old German Shepherd mix with a calm spirit and a loving heart and is available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services.
Once a little shy, she’s grown more confident, showing her playful side to everyone she meets.
oaklandanimalservices.org
Once a little shy, she’s grown more confident, showing her playful side to everyone she meets.
oaklandanimalservices.org
It’s game on!!! Rainer’s defense strategy: dramatic whooping and elite-level bell pepper handling 🫑
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It’s game on!!! Rainer’s defense strategy: dramatic whooping and elite-level bell pepper handling 🫑
✨Tickets to Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari lantern festival are now on sale! ✨
This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo.
More info and buy tickets here:
oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo.
More info and buy tickets here:
oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
✨Tickets to Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari lantern festival are now on sale! ✨
This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo.
More info and buy tickets here:
oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo.
More info and buy tickets here:
oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
PuduBoop
📸: Keeper Marisa
📸: Keeper Marisa
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
PuduBoop
📸: Keeper Marisa
📸: Keeper Marisa
Time flies, but some things never change 🥹
📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa
📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Time flies, but some things never change 🥹
📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa
📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa
Happy Halloween from Oakland Boo to you and all your little pumpkins 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Happy Halloween from Oakland Boo to you and all your little pumpkins 🎃
It's Halloween Eve....a day to be fangful for all things weird and wonderful 🧛
Case in point: these hyrax "fangs" are actually continuously growing incisors, just like the tusks of their surprisingly close relatives: elephants!
Case in point: these hyrax "fangs" are actually continuously growing incisors, just like the tusks of their surprisingly close relatives: elephants!
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's Halloween Eve....a day to be fangful for all things weird and wonderful 🧛
Case in point: these hyrax "fangs" are actually continuously growing incisors, just like the tusks of their surprisingly close relatives: elephants!
Case in point: these hyrax "fangs" are actually continuously growing incisors, just like the tusks of their surprisingly close relatives: elephants!
Kat-o’-lantern 🎃
📸: Keeper Noelle
📸: Keeper Noelle
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Kat-o’-lantern 🎃
📸: Keeper Noelle
📸: Keeper Noelle
Ever hear a snake heartbeat? 🐍 🫀 (Sound UP)
Our vets have noticed some irregular heart activity in Arroyo, the California King snake, so they’re using a doppler ultrasound machine, which allows them to hear the heart rate easily and count the amount of time between heartbeats.
Our vets have noticed some irregular heart activity in Arroyo, the California King snake, so they’re using a doppler ultrasound machine, which allows them to hear the heart rate easily and count the amount of time between heartbeats.
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ever hear a snake heartbeat? 🐍 🫀 (Sound UP)
Our vets have noticed some irregular heart activity in Arroyo, the California King snake, so they’re using a doppler ultrasound machine, which allows them to hear the heart rate easily and count the amount of time between heartbeats.
Our vets have noticed some irregular heart activity in Arroyo, the California King snake, so they’re using a doppler ultrasound machine, which allows them to hear the heart rate easily and count the amount of time between heartbeats.
Bear with us as we splash deeper into the Halloween spirit 🎃
📸: Keeper Natalie
📸: Keeper Natalie
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Bear with us as we splash deeper into the Halloween spirit 🎃
📸: Keeper Natalie
📸: Keeper Natalie
Some may say Sid and Raya live to chill 😎
Siamangs spend about 5 hours a day eating and 14 to 16 hours sleeping or resting.
Siamangs spend about 5 hours a day eating and 14 to 16 hours sleeping or resting.
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Some may say Sid and Raya live to chill 😎
Siamangs spend about 5 hours a day eating and 14 to 16 hours sleeping or resting.
Siamangs spend about 5 hours a day eating and 14 to 16 hours sleeping or resting.
Good day to be Juniper the guinea hog, bad day to be a pumpkin! 🎃
How do you prepare for spooky season? Juni’s diving snout-first into the pumpkins... no spice necessary. 👻
How do you prepare for spooky season? Juni’s diving snout-first into the pumpkins... no spice necessary. 👻
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Good day to be Juniper the guinea hog, bad day to be a pumpkin! 🎃
How do you prepare for spooky season? Juni’s diving snout-first into the pumpkins... no spice necessary. 👻
How do you prepare for spooky season? Juni’s diving snout-first into the pumpkins... no spice necessary. 👻
Luau’s ready for her forever home!
This 6-year-old pittie mix has been blossoming in her foster home, showing off her gentle, affectionate side. She’s polite on leash, loves her naps, and thinks the best treats are the ones you share after a good walk.
oaklandanimalservices.org
This 6-year-old pittie mix has been blossoming in her foster home, showing off her gentle, affectionate side. She’s polite on leash, loves her naps, and thinks the best treats are the ones you share after a good walk.
oaklandanimalservices.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Luau’s ready for her forever home!
This 6-year-old pittie mix has been blossoming in her foster home, showing off her gentle, affectionate side. She’s polite on leash, loves her naps, and thinks the best treats are the ones you share after a good walk.
oaklandanimalservices.org
This 6-year-old pittie mix has been blossoming in her foster home, showing off her gentle, affectionate side. She’s polite on leash, loves her naps, and thinks the best treats are the ones you share after a good walk.
oaklandanimalservices.org
It’s GLOW time 🎇
Tickets to the first night of Glowfari go on sale tomorrow! (9a: Members & Friends of the Wild, 12p: General Admission)
Glowfari tickets roll on sale online 28 days in advance of each visit date at 9am every day.
www.oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
Tickets to the first night of Glowfari go on sale tomorrow! (9a: Members & Friends of the Wild, 12p: General Admission)
Glowfari tickets roll on sale online 28 days in advance of each visit date at 9am every day.
www.oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
October 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s GLOW time 🎇
Tickets to the first night of Glowfari go on sale tomorrow! (9a: Members & Friends of the Wild, 12p: General Admission)
Glowfari tickets roll on sale online 28 days in advance of each visit date at 9am every day.
www.oaklandzoo.org/glowfari
Tickets to the first night of Glowfari go on sale tomorrow! (9a: Members & Friends of the Wild, 12p: General Admission)
Glowfari tickets roll on sale online 28 days in advance of each visit date at 9am every day.
www.oaklandzoo.org/glowfari