We Have Some New Friends!

another zoological facility through a Species Survival Plan, which means they were born under human care through a carefully managed breeding program. They might look like hedgehogs, but they actually belong to a completely separate scientific order!

As we prepare to open our new nature and conservation exhibit Life later this year, we’re slowly but surely adding new animals to our living collection!

We recently welcomed two Sun Conures (Aratinga solstitialis) to our halls, and we’re looking forward to introducing them to their new home in the in the Rainforest area of the Life exhibit. While they take to the skies, they’ll have some new ground-dwelling neighbors, too!

Meet our Lesser Madagascar Tenrecs (Echinops telfairi)

These two boys arrived at the Science Center from

Currently, our tenrecs are in torpor, which is a state of hibernation-like inactivity, so you won’t see them around the Science Center for a little while. In the meantime, we are hard at work providing these little guys with the best habitat around. We can’t wait to show you what’s been going on behind the scenes!