🍻🦖 Alabama’s wildest beer fest is back! Zoo Brews returns to your Birmingham Zoo on Friday, May 29 from 6–9 PM with craft beer samples from 25 Alabama and Southeast breweries, lawn games, food vendors, ambassador animal encounters, and access to Dino Safari’s 23 life-size dinosaurs!
Plus, select players from the Birmingham Stallions will be on-site to meet guests, say hi, and sign autographs.
🍺 At this 21+ event, sip your way through the zoo after hours.
🚂Enjoy free Red Diamond Express Train rides
🎟️ Grab your tickets now through the link in our bio!
The black handed spider monkey takes the spotlight as we get ready to celebrate Endangered Species Day at your Birmingham Zoo TODAY! 🐒🌿
This incredible endangered species is one of the animals we’re highlighting as we share the importance of protecting wildlife both locally and around the world. 🌍
TODAY, join us for a day of fun, learning, and hands-on conservation activities!
📍 Saturday, May 16 | 10 AM – 2 PM
🎟️ Free with Zoo admission
🌿 Activities located throughout the Zoo
#EndangeredSpeciesDay #SpiderMonkey #BirminghamZoo #RedPanda #KomodoDragon #Conservation #WildlifeEducation
Your Birmingham Zoo’s Butterfly Experience is NOW OPEN! 🦋💕
Come see our newly released 227 monarch butterflies, vibrant flowers, and a brand new net with the help of Alabama Power!
📍Located in the Alabama Wilds
🍃 Included with Zoo Admission
#butterflies #zoo #kids #nature #birmingham #alabama
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What an incredible night at the 16th annual ‘Tails in the Trails fundraiser last Friday! 🦖✨
This year’s event helped support Carlito, our giant anteater, and brought together an incredible community for a night filled with tasty food, great drinks, dinosaurs, ambassadors animal, a lively auction and unforgettable memories. 🍸🥂
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this special event, and a huge thank you to our Junior Board, 12 vendors, volunteers, our sponsor Land Rover Birmingham, and the staff who worked behind the scenes to make this amazing night possible. Your support, generosity, and hard work helped make this fundraiser such a success and we truly couldn’t do it without you! 💛🦕
Give your teen a WILD and educational summer experience! 🐾🌎
The Birmingham Zoo’s Conservation & Careers program gives teens ages 13–15 a behind-the-scenes look at careers in wildlife, zoos, and conservation through hands-on experiences and projects.
🍃 In this weeklong experience, teens will have a chance to choose between Project LOCAL or Project GLOBAL, in order to learn about conservation efforts and career options for their future.
SIGN UP TODAY:
📅 Multiple summer sessions available through June and July
🎟 Follow the link in our bio for sign up info
Conservation & Careers are proudly sponsored by Porch Creek Indians.
#summer #camp #animals #nature
May 13, 2026 - Your Birmingham Zoo is reflecting on the incredible legacy of Jalil (pronounced “Ja Leel”), a 20-year-old breeding male giraffe. Jalil was humanely euthanized on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. His care team had been supporting him through age related mobility issues for several years, but Jalil’s health recently began to decline. Jalil was born on May 9, 2006, at the San Francisco Zoo and came to the Birmingham Zoo on March 23, 2007.
Jalil had just turned 20 on May 9. The median life expectancy for male giraffe in human care is 15.3 years according to the Species Survival Plan from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
For several years Jalil has been under treatment for mobility related challenges. To help with his comfort, Jalil received stem cell treatments, Adequan injections, laser therapy, custom shoes, routine radiographs, voluntary hoof trims from Birmingham Zoo’s animal team and visits from the Zoo Hoofstock Trim Program.
Jalil’s presence at the Birmingham Zoo was as big as the legacy he leaves behind. Weighing in at 2,400 pounds and standing sixteen feet tall, he was the Zoo’s only breeding bull since he arrived in June 2007. He fathered two calves at the Birmingham Zoo, including Griffin (born Jan. 1, 2014) and Mopane (born April 17, 2024). Griffin (12) now lives in Tennessee while Mopane (2) remains at the Birmingham Zoo with Mom Ruby (7) and Aunt Zuri (16). “Jalil was surrounded by his animal care team at the Zoo at his passing,” said Chris Pfefferkorn, President and CEO of the Birmingham Zoo. Professors and veterinary students from Auburn University and Tuskegee University were present to learn and assist. “Even after his death, Jalil will continue to make contributions to his species,” said Pfefferkorn. “Jalil’s care knowledge will be shared with other giraffe care and veterinary professionals.”
Committed to continuing to grow and diversify the population of giraffes in human care, the Birmingham Zoo plans to welcome another breeding bull to the Zoo in the future as part of the Species Survival Plan. “For now, we continue to remember Jalil and the positive impact he made on all of us,” said Pfefferkorn. “He is the honored one.”
Join us at your Birmingham Zoo for Endangered Species Day! A day of fun, learning, and hands-on activities inspired by some of the species we help protect locally and globally. From games to interactive tables around the Zoo, it’s a scavenger hunt-style experience that brings conservation to life!
📍 Saturday, May 16 | 10 AM – 2 PM
🎟️ Free with Zoo admission
🌿 Activities located throughout the Zoo
#endangeredspeciesday #redpanda #Komododragon #spidermonkey #endangered
Happy Mother’s Day from your Birmingham Zoo! 💕
From gentle giraffe mothers watching over their calves to howler monkey moms keeping their little ones close. Mothers across the animal kingdom show love and care in amazing ways every day. Today we’re celebrating all moms, human and wild! 😊💝
