Happy Thanksgiving! Oakland Zoo is closed today.

Hope you’re able to spend time with loved ones and enjoy some time lounging like Pagi the sun bear ☀️ 🐻

video: Keeper Marisa

Which view do you prefer? (HINT: There are no wrong answers!) ✨

Nothing beats a satisfying crunch!

 📸: Keeper Stacie

It’s game on!!! Rainer’s defense strategy: dramatic whooping and elite-level bell pepper handling 🫑

✨Tickets to Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari lantern festival are now on sale! ✨

This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo.

More info and buy tickets here:
oaklandzoo.org/glowfari

Time flies, but some things never change 🥹

📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa

Happy Halloween from Oakland Boo to you and all your little pumpkins 🎃

Kat-o’-lantern 🎃

📸: Keeper Noelle

Ever hear a snake heartbeat? 🐍 🫀 (Sound UP)

Our vets have noticed some irregular heart activity in Arroyo, the California King snake, so they’re using a doppler ultrasound machine, which allows them to hear the heart rate easily and count the amount of time between heartbeats.

Bear with us as we splash deeper into the Halloween spirit 🎃

📸: Keeper Natalie

Some may say Sid and Raya live to chill 😎
Siamangs spend about 5 hours a day eating and 14 to 16 hours sleeping or resting.

Good day to be Juniper the guinea hog, bad day to be a pumpkin! 🎃

How do you prepare for spooky season? Juni’s diving snout-first into the pumpkins... no spice necessary. 👻