Zooniversity is the Teaching Zoo that Comes to You!
Zooniversity is a traveling wildlife education company that introduces children and adults to the fascinating world of exotic animals. Each year we deliver more than 700 conservation-based programs at schools, day cares, libraries, churches, scouts, community and corporate events and private parties throughout Texas and surrounding states.
Small Group Classroom Programs
Large Group Stage Shows
Multi-week Zoo Schools
Zoo Camps
Educational Displays
Birthday Parties
Strolling zookeepers
Professional wildlife educators will introduce you to our amazing collection of animal ambassadors—all former unwanted, injured or abused exotic animals, who now have a permanent home with Zooniversity. Our wildlife programs are all carefully crafted to entertain, as well as to educate. And with more than 50 species of exotic animals to choose from, you’re sure to have more than one favorite. Zooniversity is setting the standard in wildlife ed-zoo-cation!
Read our newest blog entries:
Good Night, Sweet “Faith”
Zooniversity lost one of its most precious teachers today, our sweet 10-year old fennec fox named "Faith." Faith spent years traveling to schools, libraries, and private events, teaching people about this elusive, and beautiful, desert species. She spent the last seven years with us, battling many obstacles — juvenile cataracts, glaucoma, prosthetic eye surgery, and in her final year, cancer. Faith lost her battle today against the spindle-cell sarcoma that crippled [more...]
Introducing “Tuck” — The South American Armadillo
Yes, we’re a Texas wildlife company, but this is NO Texas armadillo — this is Tuck, a La Plata or 3-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) from the dry, grassy Chaco region of Paraguay in South America. This armadillo species is a favorite of wildlife educators throughout the world for its tame, gentle nature and especially for its unique ability to do something other armadillos cannot do. This is the only armadillo species to be able to retract, or "tuck," into a [more...]
African Cave Spiders, Anyone?
Whoa…it’s creepy, it’s crawly, it looks like a very large, squashed scorpion with some daddy-long-legs glued onto it! It’s actually an African Cave Spider, officially called a tailless whip scorpion (Damon variegatus), and it’s perfectly harmless. How novel… a creepy crawly at Zoonversity that doesn’t bite, pinch, or sting – our creep-phobic zookeepers are very grateful.
Unlike other arachnids, such as true spiders and scorpions, these guys have only six legs. Their other two legs have been [more...]
Come See Us This Summer — Summer Camps and Free Library Shows!
It’s that time again…time to layout your family’s summer activity calendar. And, we hope you’ll include Zooniversity in your busy summer schedule.
Introducing Zoo Camp! Zooniversity will be offering a week-long morning camp for children in grades 1-3 at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth. Your student will love this introduction to zoology and hands-on time with our animal ambassadors. Zoo Camp will be offered the week of August 2-6 — register now before [more...]
Meet Baby Sheila
Ahhhh…meet our newest baby, little Sheila. She is a 7-month old joey wallaby that we’re fostering until she is big enough to return to her mob at another wildlife educator’s Texas ranch. She is still a pouch baby and travels with us everywhere. She sleeps most of day still, but will remind us that it’s bottle time with some gentle chirps. We’ve introduced her to her first grass and hay, [more...]
