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Forest Park St. Louis, MO 63110

314-781-0900

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Best Zoo Animal
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One of America's most popular zoos, the Saint Louis Zoo features a dazzling array of animals in modern settings, a children's zoo, Penguin and Puffin Coast, the Insectarium, the River's Edge and several other unique displays.

Stingrays at Caribbean Cove Exhibit

Daily from April 20 until September 30

Bring the family to visit the Stingrays at Caribbean Cove inside the Saint Louis Zoo (Forest Park; 314-781-0900 or www.stlzoo.org). The friendly ra...
Bottoms Up Blues Gang

5:00 p.m. June 1
Johnny Henry Band

5:00 p.m. June 8
Funky Butt Brass Band

5:00 p.m. June 22
Charles Glenn

5:00 p.m. June 29

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2011 | Best Zoo Animal

Nobody messes with a hippo. Hippopotamus amphibius, the heavyweight champion of the Saint Louis Zoo's River's Edge habitat, weigh between 3,000 and 8,000 pounds, and they're always hungry. One of the most aggressive creatures in the Sub-Saharan or anywhere else, hippos can outrun the bejeezus out of the average human (up to an impressive 30 miles per hour), despite the fact that they're, you know, on the zaftig side. And while it's disquieting to imagine being sat (or chewed) upon by a... More »
2010 | Best Local Metaphor for How the World Really Works

Beside the swimming pool in which the magnificent hippopotamuses laze about their days at the Saint Louis Zoo is a simple interactive display: Turn a crank and the tail of a cartoon hippo spins, scattering its poop among the small fish swimming around it. The point is to educate zoogoers about the food chain. The smallest fish feed on the poop and are in turn eaten by bigger fish, which are in turn eaten by even bigger fish, and so on until the biggest fish is caught by humans and becomes... More »
2010 | Best Zoo Animal

"It's Zoboomafoo!" The shouts of countless kids resound throughout the zoo's Primate House. The Coquerel's sifakas regard the scene with their perpetual wide-eyed stares -- equal parts curious, bemused and confused: who or what is this Zoboomafoo you speak of -- and then return to the business of leaping from branch to branch. Their strong legs let these lemurs leap as far as 30 feet! Unfortunately, in their native Madagascar, sifakas can't leap far or fast enough to escape... More »
2010 | Best Reason to Look Forward to Winter

We're really spoiled in St. Louis. One example: Try going to San Diego some weekend and taking in their zoo. Sure, it's a world-class institution, and half the staff has been on The Tonight Show at one point or another, but it's also going to cost you a few hundred dollars to take the family on a one-day pass that doesn't even include all the good stuff. Meanwhile, our own zoological treasure is free to the public every single day of the year. And there's no better time to appreciate the... More »
2009 | Best Zoo Animal

When it comes to favorite animals, our preferences are a bit atypical. While others seek out fave fauna that can be placed in categories such as "adorable" and "cuddly," our most-beloved are best described with such words as "anachronistic" (giant anteater, our pick for 2004), "badass" (the Ozark hellbender, 2007) and "able to challenge the theory of natural selection" (Henrietta the one-armed prairie dog, 2006). This year we're adding a consummate fake-out artist to our exalted pantheon:... More »
2009 | Best Kids' Thrill

The only thing more thrilling than the final note of Stingray Cove's ubiquitous television commercials and their ear-wrenching version of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is actually visiting the exhibit itself. Yes, their venom-coated barbs have been trimmed, and they're pretty docile creatures to begin with, but the experience of petting a ray is still, well, thrilling. More than 30 stingrays call the Saint Louis Zoo's 17,000-gallon pool home. Most are cownose rays; a few are a larger... More »
2008 | Best Zoo Animal

Sure, there were babies born to other, perhaps more cuddly animals this year. And some of those animals have funny names -- if you're of the Beavis & Butt-Head persuasion and involuntarily giggle every time you hear the word "ass." But there's only one polar bear remaining at the Saint Louis Zoo. In the wild, the polar bear is solitary by choice. But our bear has had solitude thrust upon it. Half a world from where it belongs, the lone representative of its species -- the only... More »
2007 | Best Zoo Animal

You wouldn't go in the Herpetarium if you weren't in search of a thrill. Something to make your skin crawl. When a pile of Gila monsters lying next to their own recently shed skin fails to do it for ya, try Missouri's own Ozark hellbender. The weird, primitive look of this harmless salamander elicits an eeewwww from just about everyone who passes its small tank. Its irregularly oblong shape and mottled skin mimic the stream-worn rocks where the hellbender makes its home. Only the opening and... More »
2006 | Best Place to Meet Single Men

We're totally down with the 21st century: the online personals, the Internet dating services, the LOLing. But, like, OMG -- sometimes it's downright refreshing to meet a cute guy offline. You know, in three dimensions And there's no better time to assess the gentlemen than at Jammin' at the Zoo, the twice-annual Saint Louis Zoo event. The dude gets points for just being there -- he's putting his money toward a good cause rather than feeding the Golden Tee. Zoo-related banter allows... More »
2003 | Best Kids' Thrill

Granted, for sheer, blow-your-hair-back, end-over-end thrills, the City Museum is hard to beat. But there is one attraction here in Mound City that edges out Bob Cassilly's monument to dreck-cess for thrilling the kiddies: The venerable Zooline Railroad is a guaranteed warm fuzzy for every kid, from newborn to nonagenarian. You can skip Big Cat Country, bypass the Jungle of the Apes and dodge the sea lion feedings, but if you attempt to leave the Saint Louis Zoo without taking the nippers on... More »
2000 | Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Visitors to Gross Them Out

This would otherwise be a tossup between anyplace that serves biscuits and gravy or uses Provel cheese, but a visit to the St. Louis Zoo's Insectarium should rank at the top of the list. Now, we like insects (and arachnids, and gastropods) just fine, but some may find some of the exhibits disquieting. For example, a facsimile kitchen, complete with a knife smeared with faux peanut butter and studded with carpenter ants. Or the crisper drawer of a fridge -- pull it open and watch the roaches... More »

Christmas at the Zoo

By Chrissy Wilmes | Thu, December 15, 2011

Dreaming of a White Christmas? While no one can promise you snow (or snow days, for that matter) the folks at the St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park (314-781-0900 or www.stlzoo.org) invite you to visit arctic creatures while you walk through a holiday w... More »
He Has His Father's Ears

By Paul Friswold | Thu, December 15, 2011

It's difficult to believe that the little elephant who captured our hearts -- and whose birth we watched about a thousand times on that video display near the old elephant enclosure -- is nineteen years old today. That little fuzzy-headed bundle o... More »
March of the Penguins

By Mark Fischer | Thu, December 08, 2011

It's the most wonderful time of the year for residents of the St. Louis Zoo's Penguin and Puffin Coast. Today at 2 p.m. the King and Gentoo Penguins will don their Sunday best tuxedos, step outside of their enclosures, and shuffle alongside zoo-go... More »
An Unscary Good Time

By Paul Friswold | Thu, October 13, 2011

Halloween can get a little adult in nature, what with the popularity of gore and the increasingly sexy costumes. If you have younger goblins around the house and no desire to scar them for life, take 'em to Boo at the Zoo Nights at the Saint Louis... More »
No Jelly, Just Jammin'

By Alison Sieloff | Thu, July 14, 2011

As varied as the animals at the zoo, so too are their interests. Some, like the cheetah, enjoy snappy music with a good beat, while others, including the sea lions, are partial to classic rock songs they can sing. And the sharks at Caribbean Cove?... More »
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SomeRandomDude | 394 Reviews

| Thu, March 31, 2011

We enjoyed having a great weather kind of day. We went just before lunch and grabbed a bite while we were there. Not as expensive as most parks charge for the food. We had a very enjoyable afternoon, and still didn't get to see all the animals. Great time anyway

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Saint Louis Zoo

Forest Park St. Louis, MO 63110

314-781-0900

Description

Daily from April 20 until September 30

5:00 p.m. June 1

5:00 p.m. June 8

5:00 p.m. June 22

5:00 p.m. June 29

2011 | Best Zoo Animal

2010 | Best Local Metaphor for How the World Really Works

2010 | Best Zoo Animal

2010 | Best Reason to Look Forward to Winter

2009 | Best Zoo Animal

2009 | Best Kids' Thrill

2008 | Best Zoo Animal

2007 | Best Zoo Animal

2006 | Best Place to Meet Single Men

2003 | Best Kids' Thrill

2000 | Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Visitors to Gross Them Out

By Chrissy Wilmes | Thu, December 15, 2011

By Paul Friswold | Thu, December 15, 2011

By Mark Fischer | Thu, December 08, 2011

By Paul Friswold | Thu, October 13, 2011

By Alison Sieloff | Thu, July 14, 2011

SomeRandomDude | 394 Reviews