Zoo
Welcome to the ABQ BioPark Zoo
See hours, ticket info. and directions
Located next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 64-acre Zoo has been offering guests close encounters with exotic and native animals since 1927. Download a zoo map (updated June 2026).
Our Animals
Check out a yearbook of some of our most popular animals at the ABQ BioPark Zoo!
Today at the Zoo
Special Experiences
Upcoming Events
Visit the ABQ BioPark Calendar.
Amazon Wish Lists
The NM BioPark Society has set up several Amazon wish lists for the ABQ BioPark Zoo's residents. The lists feature everything from pig-shaped piñatas for large carnivores to rip into to heavy duty trash containers that can be used to create ice treats for big cats and other carnivores. Browse the lists and make a purchase for the animals.
Latest BioPark News
Looking for Love
The ABQ BioPark has a number of animals that are getting cozy to help save their species.
Fowl Friends
Why is an African crane species being bred at the ABQ BioPark? And why is she such good friends with a domestic hen?
Success for ABQ BioPark's Silvery Minnow Program
Facility's annual minnow release increases, as do wild spawning and survival
Saving a Species
Success for zoo staff who traveled to Ivory Coast to bring critically endangered crocodile back from the brink
They've Come a Long Way, Baby
Chimp twins' first birthday a reminder of troupe's transition from laboratory life to thriving hierarchy
Desert Coral
ABQ BioPark Aquarium growing and distributing endangered coral species around the country
ABQ BioPark temporarily shifting many birds indoors to protect from Avian Flu
No cases have been found at the BioPark
![[Update] Initial pair of Macaroni Penguin Eggs Will Not Produce Chicks](https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/news/macaroni-eggs-will-not-produce-chicks/@@images/image-200-cd4060087b227499f53983e30a93a9d9.jpeg "[Update] Initial pair of Macaroni Penguin Eggs Will Not Produce Chicks")
[Update] Initial pair of Macaroni Penguin Eggs Will Not Produce Chicks
Animal care staff say the breeding activities of the penguins, as well as the care and learning opportunities that arose from having eggs are still reasons to celebrate.