The Zoo & You

Construction, fencing, and a food cart? Learn about what new is coming soon to your Zoo!

Recycling: How You Can Help

Recycling 101, learn what you can do to help the environment, and what simple changes you can make to reduce and reuse.

Scouts Weekend

Support local Boy and Girl Scout troops, visit troops and purchase goodies from each respective group. Learn about the programs first hand. Free admission for Boy and Girl Scouts

Backyard Biologist

Discover Citizen Science to help your own backyard ecosystem flourish, and become a backyard biologist!

Pollinator Power

Boogie with the bees as you learn all about these black and yellow creatures’ importance to our environment.

Party for the Planet

Party with us for the good of our planet! Start the party early by downloading the iNaturalist and Seek apps to join our Bioblitz. Record and track wildlife observations in your backyard.   This event is sponsored by:

D.E.A.R. at the Zoo

Drop Everything and Read with the READ Association and other community partners during this day of literacy fun for the family!

BREW at the Zoo

Join us on Thursday, June 22nd from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the "wildest" adult fundraiser in town and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Saginaw Children's Zoo Carousel! Gather your friends to enjoy beer and wine, and delicious food tastings from local food trucks among lush Zoo gardens. Enjoy animal encounters, live music, […]

World Penguin Day

Learn more about penguins, what your Zoo is doing to help them, and visit your favorite South African Penguins here at the Zoo! #WaddleWeDoWithoutPenguins

World Migratory Bird Day

Soar like a bird with us! Join us for activities, games, and storytime to celebrate all migratory birds.