Animals

Located next to the sparkling Spot Pond Reservoir, Stone Zoo is the perfect place to get close to amazing animals, exhilarating exhibits, and exciting events going on daily, year-round. At Stone Zoo there's so much to see on any given day!

 

Aussie Adventure

 

Spend your summer Down Under at Stone Zoo and say g’day to koalas, kookaburra, tawny frogmouth and more! Be sure to take a stroll through the aviary filled with brightly-colored budgies. Watch in amazement as the birds fly around you in this interactive experience. Purchase a seedstick and you may be lucky enough to have the birds land right on it!
 
Aussie Adventure is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the fascinating wildlife from the land Down Under. These seasonal exhibits will be open Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Yukon Creek

 

Head into the wilds of the Canadian north woods in our Yukon Creek.

This exhibit, featuring a bald eagle, a lynx, reindeer, arctic foxes and more, recreates an abandoned research site in a Canadian boreal forest bordering the tundra. Follow the path of footprints (and animal tracks) to an abandoned logger’s cabin and along the way examine pages from researchers’ journals telling of the experiences that they encountered with native wildlife.

 

Be sure to follow Yukon Creek to the wildly popular black bear exhibit – home to Smoky and Bubba.

 

 

The bears are brothers that joined Stone Zoo from the Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR) in Tennessee.  Stone Zoo is pleased to be able to provide a home to these two bears and is excited about the educational opportunities this exhibit presents. 

 

Black bear at Stone Zoo, Picture courtesy John Harrison
   

Windows to the Wild

Opened in May 2003, the Windows to the Wild exhibit features a variety of small birds, mammals, and primates from around the world, including African-crested porcupines, hyacinth macaws, and emperor tamarins.

The Zoo's large flamingo colony can also be found here, featuring Caribbean flamingos, as well as our three resident female meerkats.

 

Pictured right: Meerkat at Stone Zoo,  photo courtesy of Jill Person

 

Pictured below: Jaguar at Stone Zoo, photo courtesy of Jill Person

Treasures of the Sierra Madre

 

The Sierra Madre mountain range, spanning 700 miles of Mexico and Southwestern United States, is a mysterious region, home to a diverse array of animal and plant life.

 

Stone Zoo’s Treasures of the Sierra Madre exhibit focuses on these creatures, including jaguars, cougars, coyotes, and Gila monsters, as well as examine the interactions between them and the human inhabitants of the region.

 

Always a favorite, stop by and visit with our North American River Otters on your way to the gift shop.

Barnyard

Children can get up close and personal with some of the friendliest critters down on the farm at Stone Zoo's Barnyard.

 

Meet sheep, goats, and even a pygmy zebu - a miniature, humped cattle species domesticated in India about 10,000 years ago.

Himalayan Highlands

Meaning "abode of snow" in Sanskrit, the Himalaya mountains are home to an array of animals with special adaptations to deal with the wintry climate. At Stone Zoo's Himalayan Highlands, you will find snow leopards, equipped with long tails for keeping balanced in high drifts of snow next to their natural prey, Markhor goats.

 

Rounding out these hearty species is a yak, used in this as region beasts of burden, transporting goods across mountain passes for local farmers and traders as well as in support of climbing and trekking expeditions.

 

 Gibbon exhibit

Be sure to visit Iggy and Kien at the white-cheeked gibbon exhibit! The exhibit, which opened in June 2009, is home to Iggy, a female, and Kien, a male.  Because gibbons are arboreal, or tree dwellers, the exhibit is 20 feet tall to allow them to climb high as in their natural environment. Please note: It has to be at least 40 degrees for white-cheeked gibbons, Iggy and Kien, to be on exhibit. When the temperature is 40 degrees, the gibbons are given access to their warm, indoor off-exhibit space so they can choose to be inside or outside.

 

Be sure to also visit with the North American river otters whose exhibit is located nearby.