Olmsted s Emerald Necklace Park System, Boston s only urban zoo is home to more than 210 species of animals from anacondas to zebras, butterflies to bats, giraffes to gorillas. The Franklin Park Zoo is a center for wildlife conservation, education, and research. Many of the species on exhibit are highly endangered or threatened in the wild.
Displays focus on spreading appreciation for the magnificent but fragile web of nature.
A walk through this simulated jungle also brings encounters with tropical birds, leopard, saddle-billed storks, warthogs, tapirs, and bats. You can find lions lazing in the Kalahari Kingdom and watch zebra and ostrich roam the grasslands of Bongo Congo. Experience a continent of a different climate on the Australian Outback Trail, where wallabies, emus, cockatoo, and kangaroos make their home. There s also a Children s Zoo, where kids can have close encounters of the cuddly kind. Meet a zookeeper, naturalist, or horticulture specialist and delve deeper into understanding the wild world.