Tulsa Zoo Announces Giraffe Pregnancy

The Tulsa Zoo is thrilled to announce that Zoe, the 5-year-old reticulated giraffe, is pregnant. This will be Zoe’s second calf and sibling to female Mi-Na. Normal giraffe gestation is 14 to 15 months. Zoe’s care team estimates the calf will be born later this spring.  

Tulsa Zoo Encourages Action To Prevent African Penguin Extinction

Tulsa Zoo is encouraging action after the International Union for Conservation of Nature moved African penguins from endangered to critically endangered, meaning they are nearing extinction. African penguins have lost 97 percent of their population and, at the current rate of decline, will be extinct in the wild by 2035.

Tulsa Zoo Home to Historic Litter of Malayan Tiger Cubs

The birth of five Malayan tiger cubs at Tulsa Zoo increased the North American population by 10 percent. All five cubs are thriving, a rarity for this critically endangered species and believed to be a first for a litter this size among accredited zoos.

Tulsa Zoo Mourns Lioness Shatari

Tulsa Zoo is mourning the loss of Shatari, its female African lioness. Shatari began end-of-life care monitoring in June 2022 based on signs of age-related health decline. She was humanely euthanized late last week.