Our Mission

To preserve a portion of the Colorado Desert in its
natural state;
To foster, through interpretive exhibits, programs and
publication, an awareness of, and an appreciation for, the variety of plants and animals in worldwide ecosystems;
To build up under controlled conditions, populations of various species of desert animals and plants threatened with extinction in the wild state;
And to foster through cooperative research and educational programs, biological studies contributing to the protection of desert species in a wild state.

In Numbers

Cats

Birds

Bears

Zebras

Zoo Highlights

Check out a “Day in the Life” of the marmosets

March 18, 2018 by Ashley Bronks

Marmosets are the typical representatives of South America rainforest fauna. They are the smallest subspecies of primates, but definitely one of the smartest. Travel through the 28-acre African Grasslands…