The bighorn sheep exhibit is located in the zoo’s “Into the Wild” section near the rocky mountain goat exhibit and the Helen ...

A baby African pancake tortoise hatched for the first time ever at the Denver Zoo on Friday, May 23, 2025. Pancake tortoises are critically endangered in the wild.

A female African pancake tortoise hatched at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on May 23, 2025, marking the zoo’s first-ever successful breeding and hatching of the Critically Endangered species.

In a wonderful bit of news, sea lions have returns to the Denver Zoo. Their new habitat recently opened to much excitement. Many happy school-age children got to witness this enchanting spectacle ...

DENVER (KDVR) — An egg that was found in a tortoise habitat at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance over the winter has successfully hatched a tiny, but largely important, baby tortoise. Tuesday ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A Linne’s two-toed sloth pup was born at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Thursday. The yet-to-be-named new addition is the fifth baby of mom Charlotte and dad Elliot to ...

The zoo incubated the egg to see what happened, Houser explains, and after around six months of waiting, a “perfect little tortoise” hatched on May 23. The Denver Zoo's baby African pancake ...