New exhibits
Nine new walks through the Zoo, 53 new specimen plates in the bird and turtle zones, and a game. Every exhibit has a QR code, lessons by grade band, a classroom drawer and a quiz.
Why we protect
From royal menageries to Pelican Island and 30x30: why people set animals and land aside, and the arguments about how.
Wetlands and coasts
The nurseries, filters and storm walls of the Florida coast, in an animated walk from pine upland to reef.
Vultures, the cleanup crew
Smell versus sight, strong stomachs, Florida roosts and the law that protects them.
Avian migration
Four flyways, five routes on an animated map, how birds navigate, and live migration forecasts.
Birds that fly, birds that don't
Hollow bones and air sacs; penguins, ostriches, kiwi and the dodo; chickens that hop and turkeys bred too heavy to fly.
Raptors
Talons and beaks, the condor's comeback, DDT, and the birds of prey of Tampa Bay.
Why the boy duck is colorful
Female choice, male rivalry, dances and displays, and why geese and swans look alike.
Turtles and salamanders
Snappers and softshells, the gopher tortoise, regrown legs, and the fungus killing amphibians.
Asia or Africa?
Ears, horns, lips and trunk tips: side-by-side silhouettes, a range map and a spot-the-difference game.