Pennies For Penguins School Challenge Launches!

The Friends of the Topeka Zoo has launched a very special challenge for all students - preschool through 8th grade - called Pennies For Penguins!  The campaign is a coin collection campaign with funds designated to support the Penguin Plunge exhibit coming in May, 2012. Classes have from January 1, 2012 through May 1, 2012 to collect funds.  The class that raises the most money will be...

Penguin Plunge Campaign Launched

Never before has the Topeka Zoo had penguins, but that will all change when Penguin Plunge arrives in May of 2012. The exhibit will be on display from May 2012 through September 2012 and will feature African Penguins.  Along with the viewing of the penguins, visitors will be treated to a variety of educational components to help learn more about this endangered species. “This is going...

Penguin Exhibit To Explore African Penguins!

The arrival of the African Penguins to the Topeka Zoo will surely help debunk the popular notion that all penguins hail from frigid Antarctica.  In fact, of the 17 species of penguins, only seven live in arctic climates. The African Penguins, formerly known as the Black Footed Penguins stand approxamately 18 inches tall and weigh between 5 and 11 pounds.  They wear the typical black and white...

Topeka Zoo To Open Penguin Exhibit

The Topeka Zoo is about to get a whole lot cooler as it welcomes a new temporary exhibit for 2012 called Penguin Plunge.  The exhibit, expected to open May 10, 2012, will feature African Penguins in a replica of their South African beach habitat. Penguin Plunge will be open to the public from May 10 through September 2012 and will take zoo visitors on an adventure to the beaches of Cape Town...

Holiday Zootique Offers Unique Gifts

The Topeka Zoo’s Leopard Spot Gift Show has transformed into a Holiday “Zoo”tique for the month of December!  From handmade Marion Lane candles to elephant poo notebooks, shoppers will find a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional gifts at the Zootique. “We have everything you need to complete your shopping list,” Kate Larison, Friends of the Zoo Director said. ...