Brevard Zoo has launched a new nighttime art event, “Lights On,” running Thursdays through Sundays—and select additional nights—now through Jan. 18, 2026.

The Central Florida Zoo said goodbye to giraffe Rafiki after a battle with illness, the zoo shared Wednesday morning."We regret to share the loss of Rafiki, one of the stars of our Giraffe Feeding ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — PJ, a popular one-horned rhino at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, is relocating to Buffalo, New York, to join a breeding program dedicated to species conservation. The ...

Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens has gone cuckoo. The Sanford attraction has added five female Guira cuckoos to its South American Bird Habitat. They have joined two violaceous turacos and a ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens is offering a series of Halloween-themed events this October, providing family-friendly thrills and a new virtual reality attraction.

“It all started with a monkey in 1923.” That’s the sentence that begins the first chapter of the Central Florida Zoo’s more than 100-year history in Sanford. As the story goes, a rhesus monkey — the ...

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RIGHT NOW ON WESH.COM. ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT IT’S SEPTEMBER, KIDS CAN VISIT THE BREVARD ZOO FOR FREE. HOW AWESOME IS THIS? THE ZOO IS OFFERING A SPECIAL DEAL FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FLORIDA. FROM NOW ...

If it was too hot to take the kids to the zoo this summer, you're in luck. Several Florida zoos have great deals going on in September. Here's where to go. Now in its 30th year, the Brevard Zoo in ...