Unlock the secrets of the Zoo in this new, after-hours, adults-only evening of good-natured competition while learning how we care for our creatures! There will be winners. There will be losers. Bragging rights are on the line.

This summer only at Assiniboine Park Zoo! Defenses of the Animal Kingdom will feature a variety of fascinating creatures and interactive multimedia displays exploring some of the animal kingdom’s strangest methods of self-defense, which can include size, claws, teeth, venom, poison, and more!

The Assiniboine Park Zoo is thrilled to announce a new attraction at the Zoo for a limited time only this summer. Xtreme BUGS will feature 19 giant, animatronic bugs along the forested trail inside the Zoo transporting visitors into a vivid, dynamic, and awe-inspiring new environment where they can experience how the world would appear from a bug’s point of view and enjoy an up-close look at the physical characteristics of these usually tiny creatures.