Saint Louis Zoo

Answers to the Riverfront Times 2012 News Quiz

In January Riverfront Times published its annual "News Challenge" -- 78 multiple-choice questions testing how well readers paid attention to current events over the past twelve months. Within a week, more than 100 of you submitted your answers to us. A few weeks later a dozen readers e-mailed a simi ... More >>

Police Tase Armed Man Climbing St. Louis Zoo Fence Near the Antelopes, Ending Wild Chase

A man running from police last night apparently decided that the St. Louis Zoo was a good place to hide. It was not. An unnamed 23-year-old male allegedly attempted to scale the fence of the zoo by the antelope enclosure last night and was finally apprehended once an officer tased him. Earlier, ... More >>

Penguins After Dark

Aping the Masters

Abandoned Forest Park Hospital: What's the Deal with All That Leftover Equipment?

When Daily RFT first wrote about a collection of amazing photos from inside the closed Forest Park Hospital, it quickly became the week's most popular post. What's intriguing and eeire about urban explorer Nick Zulauf's photos is the careful documentation what got left behind. A child's trike. Rows ... More >>

Post-Apocalyptic Portraits of the Abandoned Forest Park Hospital [PHOTOS]

When Nick Zulauf arrived at Forest Park Hospital -- closed since May 2011 -- he says he saw a lone police officer at the entrance, seemingly there to keep out the riffraff. Zulauf says he asked if it would be alright to take some pictures of the otherwise abandoned 567,000-square-foot building, an ... More >>

The Eight Best Places to Take Out-of-Town Guests in St. Louis

With the long weekend upon us, no doubt you've got some cheapy freeloaders crashing on your couch, looking to you for entertainment. Here are eight great diversions to while away the time, selected while we were researching last year's Best of St. Louis awards. Speaking of, this year's Best of St. ... More >>

Pal Joeys: Two New Kangaroo Babies at the Saint Louis Zoo

The population of the Saint Louis Zoo increased by two over the winter, but the cuteness factor just grew exponentially. Kasbeth the Matschie's tree kangaroo and Conundrum the red kangaroo both gave birth to lima bean sized babies back in January; now those younguns are big enough to start venturing ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: June 15-17

Friday (June 15): Third Friday Party @ Third Degree Glass Factory Sip mojitos, eat south-of-the-border themed small plates such as loaded nachos with green chili chicken, meet Aladdin and Jasmine from the Muny's Production of Aladdin, enjoy live entertainment and glass blowing, and more. Admission ... More >>

Wine and Alcohol On-the-Go: How to Avoid Spending a Fortune on Booze This Summer

Image viaGut Check recommends actually drinking the Pocket Shots on a hot summer's day.​It's unfortunate that Missouri summers are notoriously hot and humid, especially when there are so many concerts, sporting events and other outdoor activities to partake in. It's even more unfortunate that ... More >>

Unexpected Monkey Business Leads to New Zoo Arrival

Ethan Riepl, St. Louis ZooBaby Mosi​There's a new face at the St. Louis Zoo, and it's adorable. And pink, for now.A baby colobus monkey, born May 20th, is on view at the primate house starting today. The little fella, named Mosi, will eventually lose his white fuzz and pink face in favor of the di ... More >>

Thar He Goes

Kings of The Congo

Totally Adorable Black Rhino Calf Born at Saint Louis Zoo

image viaThe new rhino calf and his mother, Kati Rain.​Congratulations to Kati Rain and Ajabu, two black rhinos at the Saint Louis Zoo, on the birth of their new calf. The calf, a male, arrived on January 14 and weighed 120-1/2 pounds. He's still unnamed, but has been nursing steadily and bond ... More >>

Baby 'Roo At The Zoo Looks At You

Your Friday dose of excessive cuteness is brought to you today by Nokopo, an absurdly adorable joey (that's a baby kangaroo to you and me) at the St. Louis Zoo. Nokopo is a six-month-old Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, an endangered species native to mountainous rainforests in Papua New Guinea.Like all 'r ... More >>

This We Know: Juara the Orangutan Did NOT Die of Physical Exhaustion

Sorry if we hurt your feelings.​Wow. The coincidence. We almost wonder if we had something to do with it? Yesterday, Daily RFT reported new findings suggesting that orangutans are perhaps the laziest creatures in the animal kingdom. Then, hours later, the St. Louis Zoo announces that its 25-year-o ... More >>

Arts Abound

Top 10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, May 21-23, 2010

The weekend is here. Get out there. Tomorrow (Saturday) is supposed to be around 87 degrees, sunny and perfect for getting a sunburn. You welcome it, after this long stretch of overcast skies and rain, don't you? Of course you do. Here are our ten suggestions for weekend entertainment that cost less ... More >>

Zoohundred

River's Edge of Seventeen

Zoo To Wine and Dine Elected Officials Again, Despite Protests from RFT's Favorite Alderman

​The Saint Louis Zoo recently mailed out letters to local elected officials inviting them and their families to attend a free breakfast reception, parking and passes to the zoo's paid attractions. The free day for politicians on August 8 follows a similar event the zoo hosted last year. The zoo de ... More >>

Don't Let this Shopportunity Pass You By

Zoo's Herpes Outbreak Gets the New York Times Treatment

flickr.com/photos/bocavermelhaOver the weekend, the nation's paper of record decided that a bit of St. Louis news was fit to print. Former Riverfront Times staff writer Malcolm Gay penned a story for Saturday's edition of the New York Times about the mysterious herpes outbreak cu ... More >>

Dumb and Dumbo: Readers spout off about watered-down curriculum and the plight of the pachyderm

Elephant Treament Lands Saint Louis Zoo in "Hall of Shame"

This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

An Arrow Runs Through It: Bowfishers take aim at Asian carp

Staycate the Premises!

Unreal hunts demons, shops for crap and contemplates wild ass

Unreal News Challenge 2007

Week of December 27, 2007

Cheers to the Otters

Eat 'Em and Smile

Before the Super Bowl...

Please brush and floss

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of September 7, 2005

Masterpiece

The last Temptations of art

Casanosa

Studly Raja turns twelve

Best Zoo Animal

Giant anteater

Bring 'Em Back Alive

Naturalists scour Forest Park for signs of life

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of July 21, 2004

Chilling Out

From pool-sneaking to nudist camps, we offer cool ways to beat the heat

It's Rabbit Season

And life is sweet

Gopher Guts

Elephant funerals and turtle necropsies: It's all in a day's work for the Saint Louis Zoo's Dr. Mary Duncan

You Go, Girl

Game Face captures the emotion of sport

Simply Smashing

Penny pinchers save money

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of October 29, 2003

Now and Zen

The sound of the Japanese Festival

Prediction: Butts Hit Seats in Six

Free flicks at the Fox

The Big Chill

Tuxedos optional at housewarming

Eagle Eye

Peripatetic nature photographer Art Wolfe sets his gear down for a lecture at the St. Louis Zoo

Life in the Bughouse

The Insectarium's keepers are mad about their charges

Deep Space Ten

St. Louis Art Museum visitors are blasted into a Wonderland of space