Twenty-two top aquariums across the United States – including Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium – have already eliminated 5 million straws in their coordinated campaign to reduce sources of plastic pollution. Now they’re upping their game by encouraging individuals, businesses and cities around the country to cut back on single-use plastic—starting with plastic straws—by

Beginning November 1, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and Wildlife Safari Park will transition to winter hours.  Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium admission will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Buildings will stay open until 5 p.m. The Zoo is open year-round except Christmas Day.  Wildlife Safari Park will be transitioning

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is partnering with Omaha Public Schools’ (OPS) Science Office for a high-altitude balloon launch on Thursday, November 1 at noon. The weather balloons will carry experimental pods created by Zoo Academy students to maximum altitudes of between 80,000 and 120,000 feet.  The launch will take place at Omaha’s Henry

Earlier this month, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium was part of the third and most successful release of zoo-bred dusky gopher frogs to date. The Zoo, in collaboration with the Memphis Zoo, Detroit Zoo, Dallas Zoo and Birmingham Zoo, released 291 of the critically endangered species into restored habitat in Mississippi on October 12.

Today (October 26) is World Lemur Day and Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is celebrating at the Zoo and across the globe in Madagascar.  In Madagascar, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is partnering with the Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership (MBP) for reforestation events on Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27. On Friday, the

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium invites the public to join them for a Halloween-themed lake cleanup event on Sunday, October 28 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Levi Carter Park at 4405 Carter Lake Shore Drive West. Costumes are encouraged at this citizen science event. Exclusive backstage passes to the Suzanne and Walter Scott

Registration is now open for the second conservation-based program in Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s Nancy Armitage Wildlife Lecture Series. The Banana Slug String Band will perform on Saturday, November 3 at 11 a.m. (doors open at 10 a.m.) in the Zoo’s Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Pavilion Auditorium. The Banana Slug String Band