Zoo Tampa staff were busy Monday making hay beds, turning on heat lamps and even handing out blankets to animals in preparation for below average temperatures throughout the week.

Whether it’s animals at the zoo or plants in the yard, Tampa Bay residents spent Thursday preparing for colder temperatures.

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo revealed it has a new name starting Thursday. It will now be called Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park. The zoo will also open a new boat ride called Roaring Springs later ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park released 26 rehabilitated manatees back into Florida waters in 2025, marking a significant milestone as the highest number in its history.

ZooTampa at Lowry Park had a record-breaking year, with more manatees coming through its rescue and rehabilitation program ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced the birth of a critically endangered Eastern bongo calf, marking the first animal birth at ...

ZooTampa welcomed an Eastern Bongo calf. There are fewer than 100 Eastern Bongos left in the wild.

Manatees, it turns out, are fairly oblivious spuds. As a rule, they don’t notice when ZooTampa visitors press noses to panes and watch them chomp romaine. The manatees are so laid-back that they haven ...

Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa embraces the wild side of the Sunshine State. With a stellar zoo team devoted to the exotic cast of animals, this dedicated team cares for both their lovable zoo family as ...

A Tampa zoo says a rare Malayan tiger cub has been born there. Lowry Park Zoo officials said Tuesday that its first cub was born on Sept. 11, adding that the baby is being cared for in a den out of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With heat index values soaring past 100 degrees, outdoor workers across Tampa Bay are adjusting how they get the job done, and they’re not alone. At a home in Tampa, crews from ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Zoo Tampa-Lowry Park has re-opened the David A. Straz Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center after completing a major renovation effort. "We're really excited to get back to work. This has ...