Wildlife Spotlight Series
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For select months in 2025, Philadelphia Zoo’s Spotlight Series returns to celebrate some of our favorite animals! Enjoy special talks and enrichment, take-home crafts, themed food and beverages, educational activities, and more! The Spotlight Series is included with Zoo admission.
Big Cats Spotlight presented by Xfinity
For the Zoo’s March Spotlight Series, we will be highlighting our outstanding Big Cats! Find educators to design a Big Cats sticker and add it to the 2025 Spotlight Series Passport Book, play our “Roar like a Big Cat” game, and even create enrichment for the Big Cats and other animals in the Zoo. You’ll be able to catch chats with the keepers who work with some of the animals, including our critically endangered big cats, while they work to add enrichment for the cats. Check out the daily schedules throughout the Zoo to see what you can do and see during your visit!
The Big Cats Spotlight is presented by Xfinity.
May: Otters
Celebrate our spectacular otters with a variety of games and activities, including this month’s highlighted game, where you can race an otter towards their lunch.
Get TicketsJune: Giraffes
Learn about the tallest animal in the world! For this spotlight, find stations celebrating not just our giraffes, but also their diets and the important work behind the scenes to feed them.
Get TicketsAugust: Reptiles & Amphibians
Discover educators staffing games and crafts in the Reptile and Amphibian house, helping you learn to identify different species and why these animals are so important to ecosystems.
Get TicketsSeptember: Birds
Explore several different spaces, including the McNeil Avian Center, Wings of the World, KidZooU, and Bird Valley, and see our Blue and Gold Macaws, Machu and Picchu as well as many other wonderful species of birds.
Get TicketsNovember: Primates
The last Spotlight Series month of the year will celebrate our wide range of primates! Race to see how quickly you can get our primates to their favorite meals, walk like a gorilla, and learn about the conservation work the Philadelphia Zoo is proud to be doing to help save many species.
Get Tickets2025 Spotlight Series Passport
Everyone is invited to participate in the 2025 Spotlight Series Passport! Stop by one of the activity stations to create your personalized sticker celebrating the month’s spotlighted species or any conservation topic, or highlight your visit to the Zoo! Return for each Spotlight Series month to create and collect each month’s sticker, fill all 6 spaces, or wear them proudly during your visit for the 2025 Spotlight Series!