Photos: Lincoln Children's Zoo
The Lincoln Children's Zoo has a collection of colorful, furry characters for children of all ages.
A Matschies tree kangaroo joey munches on corn in 2015 at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
A baby ring-tailed lemur sticks tight to it's mother at the Lincoln Children's Zoo on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
A snow leopard looks through the glass of it's enclosure at the Lincoln Children's Zoo on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
This Tomato Horn Worm is new to the Lincoln Children's Zoo this year.
This African Serval Cat named Johnny is new to the Lincoln Children's Zoo this year.
Everest the Lincoln Children Zoo's male snow leopard (left) now has a female companion named Ranney.
Green Anole lizards are one of new attractions at the Lincoln Children's Zoo this year.
This Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko is among the new attractions at the Lincoln Children's Zoo this year.
Gideon, the Lincoln Children's Zoo's Gibbon will be joined by a companion this year with the hope that baby Gibbons might result.
Ranney, a female Snow Leopard, has joined Everest in his enclosure this year at the Lincoln Children's Zoo this year in the hope that baby Snow Leopards might result.
East African Crowned Cranes sun themselves Wednesday, March 8, 2017, as the Lincoln Children's Zoo staff prepared for Saturday's opening day.
A ring-tailed lemur, a native of Madagascar, watches birds outside its gated enclosure as it sits on a branch at the Lincoln Children's Zoo on Wednesday morning, April 6, 2011.
Pengee, one of the five male penguins at the Lincoln Children's Zoo, gobbles down a mackerel offered to him by staff member Elizabeth McClure on Wednesday morning, April 6, 2011.
Six-year-old Trenton Schmid of Waverly inspects the monarch butterfly that is perched on his finger during a visit to Laura's Butterfly Pavilion on Sunday afternoon, June 5, 2011.
Seven-year-old Ava Flood (right) and Brianna Hartman, 8, ponder the stare of Chavala, a 19-year-old Goffins Cockatoo held by zoo staff worker Anthony Anderson during a visit to the Oxbow Junior Veterinarian Club on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
Axl the Sumatran tiger watches foot traffic pass the tiger enclosure on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Lincoln Children's Zoo.
Charlotte Vander Zwaag (left), 12, and Shae Weinert, 11, friends from Omaha, interact with a giraffe at the Lincoln Children's Zoo in June 2020. The zoo is among nonprofits that would be helped by a bill moving through the Legislature that would set aside $25 million of state dollars to help complete capital construction projects that were interrupted by COVID-19.
A female cheetah plays with an enrichment toy in the new cheetah run at Lincoln Children's Zoo on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
A pipevine swallowtail butterfly acclimates to its new environment as director of education Aimee Johns and education specialist Kayla Manley unpack their first shipment of butterflies and pupas on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the butterfly pavilion at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
A 12-day-old giraffe calf is pictured in the giraffe experience enclosure on Friday at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
A 12-day-old giraffe calf is nuzzled by its mother Allie in the giraffe experience enclosure on Friday at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.
A baby goat mills around the Lincoln Children's Zoo on Monday. Goats have returned to the zoo's feeding space after leaving in September 2023.
The Lincoln Children's Zoo recently welcomed a new baby porcupine, called a porcupette, to its facility.
The zoo will name the joey once they can determine its gender.
Dr. Luis Padilla, the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium's new president and CEO, brings a wealth of veterinary experience and a passion for conservation to his position.Â
The four resident orangutans at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium are about to have new digs that immerse the animals in a more natural habitat.
At two days old Jimmi weighed 103 grams; he now weighs a little over 1 pound, according to a Facebook post.
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) reports that Riverside Discovery Center has lost its accreditation.
Earlier this month, the zoo asked the community to vote among four names: Samala, Rosenke, Tarawe and Yautoka.
The calf, expected to be born in mid-March, will be the 29th giraffe born at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium since 1979.
