Fort Worth Zoo - Main Exhibits

Main Exhibits

Current zoo exhibits include Penguins, World of Primates, Asian Falls, Raptor Canyon, Cheetahs, Flamingo Bay, Meerkat Mounds, Australian Outback, African Savannah, Parrot Paradise, Texas Wild! and the Museum of Living Art (MOLA).

Penguins

This indoor exhibit is home to a colony of African black-footed penguins, and includes a beach and an underwater viewing area.

World of Primates

Opened in 1992, World of Primates is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) exhibit that includes both indoor and outdoor habitats. The atrium is a tropical rainforest in which visitors can observe a group of chimpanzees or black-and-white colobus monkeys, as well as one of the zoos gorilla groups. Once through the atrium, visitors take a winding boardwalk past other primates including a second gorilla group, orangutans, mandrills, and white-cheeked gibbons.

Asian Falls

Asian Falls was opened in 1992, and includes the Asian elephant complex. Once past the elephants, visitors can observe the animals from a boardwalk that gives a bird's-eye view of rhinos and takes them past other animals including the zoos white tigers, Malayan tigers, and a group of sun bears, as well as hoofstock that are endemic to Asia including tufted deer and anoa.

Raptor Canyon

Raptor canyon is an aviary that opened in 1993 and that is home to crowned eagles, Andean condor, a milky eagle owl, harpy eagles, and bateleur eagles.

Cheetahs

The Cheetah exhibit was opened in 1994 and is home to the zoos cheetahs. Two other enclosures in this exhibit are home to bongos and warthogs.

Flamingo Bay

Flamingo bay is home to the 70 or so flamingos at the zoo. The exhibit includes three species of flamingo, including Chilean flamingos and lesser flamingos, both of which have been successfully bred in captivity here.

Meerkat Mounds

This exhibit was opened in 1997 and features an entire colony of the extremely social meerkats. Visitors can view the meerkats through a plexiglass wall, a bubble window in one of the outer walls, or from a boardwalk which provides a bird's-eye view of the colony.

Australian Outback/Great Barrier Reef

This exhibit has been renovated and now includes the Great Barrier Reef exhibit in addition to being home to the zoos red kangaroos and wallabies. The Great Barrier Reef exhibit is a collection of Australian aquatic animals in three tanks containing more than 10,000 US gallons (38,000 l; 8,300 imp gal) of water. The exhibit includes 500 animals representing 86 species, including clownfish, blacktip reef sharks, angelfish, brain corals, moray eels and sea apples.

African Savannah

African Savannah is home to rhinos, giraffes, and ostriches, which can be viewed from an elevated boardwalk.

Parrot Paradise

Parrot Paradise was opened on the zoo's upper path between the lions and Raptor Canyon in 2004. It is a free-flight aviary featuring cockatiels and parakeets.

Texas Wild!

Texas Wild was opened in 2001 to display the many animals that call Texas their home. Texas Hill Country is home to animals in the Texas waterways, and includes a carousel with hand-painted ponies. Texas Town includes a Play Barn and the Texas Hall of Wonders, and prepares visitors for the rest of the exhibit. High Plains and Prairies represents the Panhandle and Northwestern Texas, and is home to swift foxes, black-footed ferrets, black-tailed prairie dogs and burrowing owls. Pineywoods and Swamps represents East Texas, and includes river otters, alligators, and black bears. Gulf Coast is home to Southern Texas animals including the aquatic animals and waterfowl of the delta marsh, and includes an aviary that is home to birds including the roseate spoonbill and white and brown pelicans. Brush country represents Southern Texas, and includes bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, jaguars, ocelots, and coati, as well as birds of prey such as the Aplomado falcon, bald eagle, and Harris hawk. Mountains and Desert completes the tour in a mine shaft where visitors can see bats, dung beetles, Texas horned lizards, Western diamondback rattlesnakes, and other animals endemic to the area.

Museum of Living Art (MOLA) (2010)

The Museum of Living Art is a $19 million, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) herpetarium built to replace the original Herpetarium at the zoo. The facility housed more than 5,000 animals representing more than 100 species. Residents include a saltwater crocodile, a Burmese python, Fly River turtles, golden lion tamarins, two-toed sloths, yellow spotted climbing toads, a Chinese giant salamander, and a king cobra. The zoos Komodo dragons will find a new home here with both indoor and outdoor exhibits.