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Two young Sumatran tiger cubs lie side by side on the dark rubber floor of a behind-the-scenes enclosure, both with their mouths open and their orange coats marked with heavy black stripes.

Conservation Projects

The Ultrasound Showed One Cub. Two Arrived.

Memphis Zoo went into the birth of its Sumatran tiger cubs expecting one ...

African elephant Asali walking across the dirt yard of her habitat at the Memphis Zoo

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A $50 Million Gift Comes With a $50 Million Catch

The Memphis Zoo has received a $50 million challenge gift from Diane Smith ...

A tiny infant mandrill with a crest of dark hair sits on a towel beside a keeper's bare hands, reaching toward a brightly colored rubber ball inside an indoor enclosure with mesh walls and scattered straw.

Conservation Projects

Memphis Zoo’s First Mandrill Went Home to Her Troop

Memphis Zoo has kept mandrills for close to a decade without ever having ...

A dusky gopher frog at the edge of a pond after release

Conservation Projects

For Sixteen Years, One Pond Held the Species

For sixteen years, every dusky gopher frog on Earth that was breeding in ...

A Louisiana pinesnake being placed into a burrow at the release site

Conservation Projects

Eighty Snakes, Placed One Burrow at a Time

Eighty Louisiana pinesnakes went into the ground at Kisatchie National Forest on June ...

A line of people in hard hats hold gold shovels over a mound of soil at the Memphis Zoo groundbreaking for Stingrays at Mangrove Cove.

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Memphis Zoo Breaks Ground on Stingrays at Mangrove Cove

Memphis Zoo broke ground on Stingrays at Mangrove Cove, a permanent aquatic exhibit ...