Minnesota Zoo

Music in the Zoo's 2013 lineup: Brian Wilson, Cheap Trick, Joan Baez, and more

During the summer concert season in Minnesota, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better place to see a show than outdoors amongst the natural surroundings of the Weesner Family Amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo. The venue consistently provides an intimate concert experience with clean sight lines and ... More >>

Minnesota Zoo selling unintentionally (?) morbid shirts in tribute of relocated dolphins

No, Allie and Semo haven't died. But if you didn't know that and came across one of the shirts for sale at the Minnesota Zoo paying tribute to the relocated dolphins, you'd probably think they'd passed on to marine mammal heaven.SEE ALSO: Minnesota otter attacks: Why do they suddenly hate us?The "Th ... More >>

Fish Bites: MN Zoo and top chefs raise awareness for sustainable fish

Last night the Minnesota Zoo hosted its second annual Fish Bites; an event focused on raising awareness around the issue of sustainable seafood. Over 150 people showed up to the event, which featured nine of the Twin Cities' top chefs. Each chef prepared a dish using sustainable seafood, allowing gu ... More >>

Rare baby amur leopards make first public Minnesota Zoo appearance

The baby amur leopards that were web-cam stars at the beginning of the summer made their first public appearance at the Minnesota Zoo yesterday.See also:Rare baby leopards born at the Minnesota Zoo make web cam debutBorn May 29, the cubs -- one male and one female -- have spent the last few months n ... More >>

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Moose at Minnesota Zoo get waterbeds as part of research study

SEE ALSO: Feisty the seal and Berlin the polar bear get comfortable at Como Zoo [CUTE PHOTOS]Moose at the Minnesota Zoo seem to be bringing back a trend that died in the '70s. As part of a zoo-led research study on the impact of heat stress, the moose are now enjoying the comfort of waterbeds i ... More >>

Minnesota Zoo Farmers Market features Fish Smart chefs

One of the newest farmers markets to pop up in the Cities is the one found in the Apple Valley parking lot outside the Minnesota Zoo. We stopped by to have a peek and a taste of the goodies available. We found the usual, beautiful Minnesota bounty, but then we spotted something unexpected.

Weekend Checklist: Best Coast, Dr. Dog, Bouncing Souls

Although many had plans to go to Soundtown this weekend, the Twin Cities is still ripe with musical goodness. Dr. Dog makes a return visit to First Avenue's mainroom this Friday just as The Amsterdam wraps up Day Six of Wabasha Days with The Color Pharmacy. Saturday be sure to wa ... More >>

Rare baby leopards born at the Minnesota Zoo make web cam debut

The Minnesota Zoo is now home to some unlikely web cam stars. Two very rare Amur leopard cubs were born at the zoo Tuesday, and the birth is extremely important for the species' conservation. The cubs, yet to be named, are being kept out of the zoo's exhibit until they have had more time ... More >>

Displaced penguins saved by Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley

African penguins now residing at the Minnesota Zoo.​A group of displaced penguins can stop worrying about where they're going to live. They belong to all of us, now that they've found a home at the Minnesota Zoo. African blackfooted penguins are endangered in the wild due to overfishing and oil ... More >>

Fish Bites event hooks top chefs for seafood dinner at MN Zoo

​By the low, blue light reflected from the Discovery Bay exhibit, Fish Smart, the Minnesota Zoo's sustainable seafood effort, will host its first major event: Fish Bites. Hosted by Sue Zelickson on Thursday, October 13, local celebrity chefs like Stewart Woodman of Heidi's, Russell Klein of Merita ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Jeremy Messersmith, SoundTown, West Bank Music Festival

​"Not for nothing is their motto TGIF - 'Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do."-Richard Nelson Bolles

Win Brew at the Zoo tickets for Friday night!

Cool penguins, cold brews at the zoo​Cancel your plans for Friday night--chances are this will be way more fun. City Pages has four tickets to the Brew at the Zoo event that evening (a $180 value)--and you can win them for free! Brew at the Zoo is a beer-tasting event at the Minnesota Zoo tha ... More >>

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Fish Smart: Minnesota Zoo launches sustainability effort

​Farm to table is a badge of restaurant pride many list boldly on their menus. It says they are nurturing relationships with area farms to bring local produce and animals to the table using methods kind to the soils and animals. As a landlocked state, we don't always hear much about seafood sustai ... More >>

Little Feat at the Minnesota Zoo, 7/10/11

​July 10, 2011 Little Feat Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater Little Feat have a musical history that spans over four decades, and as most of the members are now nearing the retirement age, it seems almost ludicrous to consider a band that has survived many a musical period and is still producing wor ... More >>

Music in the Zoo will continue regardless of government shutdown

​With the countdown to the Minnesota state government shutdown nearing the final hour, many have questioned whether the concerts at the Minnesota Zoo -- which is partially funded by the state and hires state employees to staff its grounds -- would need to be rescheduled or relocated if the shutdow ... More >>

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Minnesota Zoo monorail traps riders

Minnesota ZooRiders were hoping for a bird's eye view -- just maybe not from the top of a firefighter's ladder.​A group of about 40 monorail riders were expecting a picturesque bird's eye view of the Minnesota Zoo's grizzly, musk ox and moose enclosures as they boarded a little after noon. They d ... More >>

Voodoo lily brings rotting corpse smell to Minnesota Zoo

The new voodoo lily at MN Zoo​Just in time for spring, the Minnesota Zoo has acquired a flower that blooms and smells like something died. Amorphophallus konjac--also known as Voodoo lily or Devil's tongue--landed at the zoo on Tuesday and is expected to bloom within the next few days. You don't ... More >>

April the Minnesota Zoo dolphin is dead

Minnesota ZooApril was the zoo's grandma dolphin.​We're so use to seeing good news out of the Minnesota Zoo's dolphin program that the latest headline made us do a double-take: April, the 44-year-old granny of the aquarium, has died. Her passing wasn't a complete surprise, zoo officials said. She ... More >>

Taijah the Minnesota Zoo dolphin meets dad [VIDEO]

Minnesota ZooSemo and Taijah appear to be getting along swimmingly.​It's early days yet, so maybe down the road we'll see some adolescent rebellion from young Taijah, the Minnesota Zoo's baby dolphin. But for the time being, she appears to be happy swimming under the wings of her dad. The two ... More >>

Minnesota Zoo tapir seeks SWF for companionship and coitus

Minnesota ZooMy, what a big nose you have.​Jon-hi is a young Malayan tapir and he's on a mission to mate at the Minnesota Zoo, relaxing in his pool, keeping his nose clean, getting in some exercise. Zoo officials say that, like others of his persuasion, he's is ready to turn on the passionate ... More >>

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Minnesota Zoo grizzly bears annihilate pumpkins [VIDEO]

Minnesota ZooDa bears bring the pain to the pumpkin patch.​The Minnesota Zoo continued its Halloween tradition this morning of tossing helpless pumpkins into the grizzly enclosure. What followed was nothing less than total effing carnage.

Minnesota Zoo dolphin needs a name [VIDEO]

Photo: Minnesota ZooName that dolphin.​The Minnesota's Zoo's newest baby dolphin needs a name, and the zoo has decided to throw the choice open to the public. "Flipper," anyone?

Sculpture made from 33,000 cans of SPAM and Hormel chili now on display at the zoo

photos from The Minnesota Zoo Facebook page33,000 can of Spam and Hormel chili in the house.​October 2 marked the debut of the Family Farm CANstructure at the Minnesota Zoo. In a stunning display of architectural ingenuity, 18,000 cans of Spam classic and 15,000 cans of Hormel chili were used to c ... More >>

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Spree the socially awkward dolphin ships out

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota ZooSpree's off to Chicago​No mom around for guidance. Tough guys leading her astray. Not playing nice with the other girls. Yes, it was time for Spree, the Minnesota Zoo's socially awkward bottlenose dolphin, to get a change of scene. She's off to the Brookfie ... More >>

DEVO to play Minnesota Zoo this summer

​The lineup for this summer's Music in the Zoo series continues to be leaked via Facebook, and yesterday's announcement was especially exciting: DEVO will come to the Minnesota Zoo's Weesner Amphitheater on July 3. Tickets ($56 before fees) go on sale on Monday, May 3 at 10 a.m., and will be avail ... More >>

Minn. Zoo dolphin clued in on social skills

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Zoo​Poor Spree the dolphin. Born at the Minnesota Zoo in Aug. 2002, she lost her mother in 2006. Without a mom to teach her how to interact with other dolphins, she became the zoo outcast, lonely and clueless. Her only role models were two male dolphins. They faile ... More >>

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Bears vs. pumpkin... The beasts win

If costumes don't get you tingly, maybe a video of grizzly bears at the Minnesota Zoo will.

Chicago dolphins crash at Minn. Zoo during aquarium renovation

The Minnesota Zoo's dolphin exhibit just got a little more snug now that they have three of Chicago's bottlenose dolphins crashing there until their new aquarium is completed.

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Minn. Zoo animals start smoke-free life Saturday

The Minnesota Zoo will officially go smoke-free starting Saturday. The Apple Valley zoo already bans smoking indoors, but now all outdoor spaces will be off limits too.

Metric, PJ Harvey, Tower of Power, and more

Femi Kuti, PJ Harvey and Soul Asylum to rock the Zoo this summer

The Minnesota Zoo announced its radically eclectic Music in the Zoo line-up for this year.

Minn. Zoo's highly anticipated dolphin calf born dead

Allie, a 21-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, went into labor early this morning but her calf was born dead.

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Love Tour 2009

Zoo animals to Minn. lawmakers: Keep funding us so we don't die

While the event is an annual "Thank You" celebration for the Zoo for their continued support from the state, this year it feels more like a survival plea.

Valentine's Day: Learn about Minn. Zoo animals getting it on before you get it on

Heiroglyphics and more

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Femi Kuti roars, the Wailers squawk at the Zoo

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Tigers' Keepers

A real-life fairy tale in which the wild beasts are hunted, the jungle is a plantation, and the knight in shining armor hails from Apple Valley.