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Parking fee: $1.50 an hour/4 hour max
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Meet White Lips! He’s a Solomon Islands tree skink and a FIVE time dad here at the Honolulu Zoo! 🦎You wouldn’t expect mu...
06/22/2026

Meet White Lips! He’s a Solomon Islands tree skink and a FIVE time dad here at the Honolulu Zoo! 🦎

You wouldn’t expect much from a reptile father. For most species, the young are left to fend for themselves from day one. But White Lips comes from a rare line.

His species gives birth to live young, usually a single baby at a time, after a long 6-8 month pregnancy. With everything riding on that one tinnny skink, the whole family rallies around it. They form a circulus, a close group where parents and offspring stay together for months, sometimes years! And if danger comes, both parents defend their young fiercely.

It’s a devotion you almost never find in the reptile world, and it makes these skinks some of the most social lizards on the planet.

So here’s to the fathers of the world. Scaly ones included. Happy Father’s Day White Lips! And Happy Father’s Day to all you dads from all of us at the Honolulu Zoo 💚

06/21/2026

Happy World Giraffe Day!! 🦒💙

Today we’re celebrating the tallest animal on the planet and our reticulated giraffe herd, the heart of the African Savanna!

But did you know these gentle giants are facing a silent extinction?

Wild populations have dropped about 30% in three decades, and the is now listed as endangered, with fewer than 16,000 left. Habitat loss, fragmentation, and poaching are the biggest threats they face.

That’s what makes days like today so special. And the Honolulu Zoo is proud to take part in conservation work that protects giraffes both in the wild and in human care, so they can keep inspiring us for generations to come.

Come spend the day with the herd! We’d love to see you there. 🌱 We’ve got keeper chats, training demos, and two giraffe feeding lucky draws!!

10:30am – Keeper Chat
11:00am – Training Demo
11:30am – Giraffe Feeding Lucky Draw
1:15pm – Keeper Chat
2:00pm – Training Demo
2:30pm – Giraffe Feeding Lucky Draw
3:00pm – Keeper Chat

Today marks the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, a place dedicated to preserving the legacy of forme...
06/20/2026

Today marks the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, a place dedicated to preserving the legacy of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

As mentioned by Dr. Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Punihei Lipe, a Native Hawaiian community leader & alum of the Obama Foundation Leaders Asia-Pacific program, when introducing him at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center, as a keiki o ka ʻāina (child of Hawaiʻi), the former President has a strong pilina (connection) to Hawaiʻi and the Honolulu Zoo is so excited to be a part of that connection.

Records from the Barack Obama Presidential Library, which includes photographs from the family’s visit to the Honolulu Zoo in January 2010 during their annual visit home to Hawaiʻi, are a part of the museum experience.

We’re honored to have been part of a special chapter in the ʻohana Obama story and proud to see these memories preserved and shared with future generations.

View the Honolulu Zoo photo collection here: https://bit.ly/4uIQ5jT

06/19/2026

Why is this 350 pound tortoise reaching for the sky? 👀

She’s askin for some scratches!!

Meet Kim, and Atiya, our keeper who knows her best!

Here’s a few facts about our girl Kim:

🐢 She’s one of the oldest tortoises here, part of the original collection that helped establish this colony

🐢 She’s a mom several times over, including 3 tortoises living here today

🐢 Her favorite snack? Prickly pear cactus. Spines and all!

Fun fact: in 1954, the Honolulu Zoo became one of the first in the world to successfully breed and hatch Galapagos tortoises in captivity. The colonies we helped seed are still part of this species’ comeback!

Mahalo, Atiya, for the aloha you give these gentle giants every day. Come meet Kim, and her family — we can’t wait to see you soon! 🌺

06/17/2026

Never underestimate an orangutan 🦧

Meet Rusti, our resident genius. His puzzle feeder is supposed to make him work for it, fishing treats out through a few small holes. But Rusti decided to skip it. Instead of fishing, he unscrewed the whole feeder from its top clip and tipped every last goodie straight into his hand.

Orangutans are among the smartest primates on the planet, and Rusti proves it daily. You never cease to amaze us. 🧡

Today is King Kamehameha Day and we’re celebrating the legacy of a leader who united the Hawaiian Islands and also honor...
06/11/2026

Today is King Kamehameha Day and we’re celebrating the legacy of a leader who united the Hawaiian Islands and also honoring one of Hawaiʻi’s most revered native birds, the ʻio (Hawaiian Hawk).

Known for its soaring flight and keen vision, the ʻio has a strong tie with Hawaiian monarchy and is the reason ʻIolani was the name of Kamehameha IV. In a life-giving prayer for Kamehameha, a kahuna chanted – “Who is the champion above all? It is ʻIo-uli of the heavens, ʻIo-ehu, and ʻIo-mea. There are many sayings that compare great chiefs to the ʻio, the bird that “soars in the heavenly space” and many Hawaiian ʻohana continue to maintain special familial relationships with ʻio.

ʻio was placed on the federal and threatened species list in 1967, and while their population has stabilized the State of Hawaiʻi still considers them to be a threatened species. The Honolulu Zoo partners with the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center and have taken on the kuleana to mālama unreleasable ʻio to help educate the public about these amazing birds and how we can all contribute to protecting them in the wild.

🌱For more information you can check out these amazing articles in the Ka Wai Ola: The Bird that Soars in the Heavenly Space - Ka Wai Ola (https://bit.ly/4aLhmL9) and The ʻIo: True Majestic Guardian of the Land - Ka Wai Ola (https://bit.ly/3QjEfyr).

As we commemorate King Day, we celebrate the strong relationship between Hawaiʻi’s people and the native species that continue to inspire us.

06/05/2026

It was a hot one today. 🥵 Mud bath = nature’s AC. Watch the queen cool herself down.

Did you know that this is one of the only (and largest) snakes in Hawai’i? 👀 His name is George, he is an albino Burmese...
06/03/2026

Did you know that this is one of the only (and largest) snakes in Hawai’i? 👀

His name is George, he is an albino Burmese python, and he is 11 feet long! He is also one of the only snakes you will ever legally see in the state.

There are actually no snakes native to Hawai’i. 😳 They are kept out to protect native birds that evolved without a predator like this, and the Honolulu Zoo holds one of the only permits in the state to house them.

His color is the giveaway. Most Burmese are brown and black. George has albinism, which means he makes almost no pigment, so he turned out white and gold instead.

Come by and meet him! For a lot of our visitors, he is the first snake they have ever seen in person.

Isn’t that so cool? 🐍

05/28/2026

You’re listening to something most people will never hear in person.

The song of the white-handed gibbon, a duet performed by a bonded pair. The female leads with a sequence called the “great call,” and the male answers. In the wild, it travels more than half a mile through the rainforests of Southeast Asia, marking territory and reinforcing their pair bond.

This is Japan and Bono, our white-handed gibbon pair.

Their species is . Habitat loss from logging and capture for the illegal pet trade has driven steep population declines across their range. The forests where their songs once carried are growing quieter.

That’s what makes protecting this species even more important, so that voices like these continue to echo for generations to come.

Come spend a morning with us, and you might just hear it for yourself. 🌱

05/23/2026

Thanks for coming to shellebrate World Turtle Day with us today

We loved seeing everyone stop by and visit our turtles and tortoises while learning a little something new!

World Turtle Day is a reminder of how important it is to protect turtles, tortoises, and the habitats they call home, something we care deeply about here at Honolulu Zoo.

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