About Us
In 2008, the Memphis Zoo was ranked America’s No.1 zoo by TripAdvisor.com. In 2009, the Memphis Zoo was rated the "top zoo in the country" in a national survey by Morey Associates.
The Memphis Zoo has completed more than $90 million in remodel and expansions, since the early 1990s. The Zoo's animal inhabitants consist of Once Upon A Farm, Cat Country, Primate Canyon, Animals of the Night, Northwest Passage and CHINA.
In April 2003, the Memphis Zoo became one of four zoos in the United States to exhibit giant pandas. Giant pandas "Ya Ya" and "Le Le" live in the Zoo’s exhibit, CHINA – a brand new, three-acre facility that features animals that are native to China.
The Memphis Zoo is home to the world’s longest living hippopotamus, “Adonis," who died in 1965 at the age of 54. The male hippo sired approximately 25 offspring in his lifetime, giving the Zoo the title of “hippo capital of the world.”
