BAKER, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Zoo has a new entrance that promises to enhance the experience for all visitors. The renovation is part of a broader effort to modernize the zoo and make it more ...

The Baton Rouge Zoo might have the same giraffes roaming and macaws squawking five years from now, but the animals’ surroundings could look different regardless of whether a controversial location ...

The price tag grows even more expensive when Baton Rouge recreation and parks leaders talk about their $40 million plan to expand Greenwood Park, should they succeed in finding a new home for their ...

BREC announced its annual Zoo Lights event returns to the Baton Rouge Zoo on Friday, Nov. 28, and continues through Tuesday, Dec. 30. This tradition, which is presented by Our Lady of the Lake ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Families can join the Baton Rouge Zoo Mardi Gras krewe and see local artists’ works at an ongoing art festival through February. For the first time this year, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo will host its 24th Annual in-house Boo at the Zoo on October 17, 18, 24 and 25 – Presented by Hancock Whitney Bank. This merry, not scary trick-or-treat ...

The Baton Rouge Zoo has lost its 40-year old accreditation from the national Association of Zoos and Aquariums, an honor that zoo officials have touted in the past to defend their history of ...

A hit with families, the Baton Rouge Zoo is home to a variety of animals both big and small. Everything from alligators and rhinoceroses to parrots and hissing cockroaches call this zoo home. Visitors ...

STEM EXPANSION (FALL): 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., BREC Highland Road Park Observatory, 13800 Highland Road. Advanced demonstrations ...

Three monkeys at the Baton Rouge Zoo are dead after dogs broke into the zoo in the early hours of Tuesday morning and attacked the primates as they reached out of their exhibit. Kaki Heiligenthal, the ...

BATON ROUGE — Several members of the LSU women’s swimming and volleyball teams volunteered at BREC’s Zippity Zoo Fest this past weekend at the Baton Rouge Zoo as part of LSU’s Geaux Givers program.

Even after Christmas passes, Baton Rouge doesn’t flip its switch off. From neighborhood displays to drive-through shows and ...