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The Houston Zoo is a 55-acre (22 ha) zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The zoo houses over 6,000 animals from more than 900 species. It receives around 2 million visitors each year and is the second most visited zoo in the United States, surpassed only by the San Diego Zoo. [3]
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1920 map of the six wards of Houston. When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders— John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen —divided it into political geographic districts called "wards". [citation needed] The ward system, a precursor to today's City Council districts, was a common political tool ...
SeaWorld San Antonio is a 416-acre (168 ha) marine mammal park, oceanarium and animal theme park in the Westover Hills District of San Antonio, Texas, on the city's west side. It is the largest of the three parks in the SeaWorld chain owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. As North America's largest marine -life theme park, and one of ...
A newly hatched northern spider tortoise (center) with its 12 year-old mother (left) and 21 year-old father on June 21, 2023 at the Milwaukee County Zoo. The egg was first laid on Aug. 30, 2022 ...
A pair of cougar cubs found alone by a rancher in Washington have settled into their new home in Texas, the Houston Zoo said.Named Shasta VII and Louie, the two male cougars were found orphaned at ...
August 9, 2005. The Aviary at the Houston Zoo is a historic work of art created by Mexican-born architect and artist Dionicio Rodriguez located at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The Faux Bios sculptures were built in 1926 and dubbed the "flying sculpture."
Houston Zoo received quite a shock on Saturday, April 27th when zookeepers arrived in the morning to find that their pregnant giraffe had given birth! Zookeepers knew that the 9-year-old Masai ...