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Saturday, May 17th

Schedule updated each morning before we open at 9 a.m. Meet the Keeper Talks are sponsored by CenterPoint Energy Foundation.

  • 9:30 am
    Birds of the World
  • 9:30 am
    Elephant Bath
  • 10:00 am
    Alligators at Texas Wetlands
  • 10:30 am
    Masai Giraffes
  • 11:00 am
    California Sea Lions
  • 11:00 am
    Giraffe Feeding Platform in African Forest (Dependent on Weather/Giraffes)
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Saving Endangered Species in Texas
May 16, 2025

Just by visiting Houston Zoo, you are helping save animals in the wild, like the Attwater’s prairie chicken (APC) and Houston toad. There are 16,000 species classified as endangered, including these two that…

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