Fort Worth Zoo, Wildlife conservation center in Fort Worth, United States.
The Fort Worth Zoo displays animals from every continent across themed zones that recreate their native environments. The grounds divide into several major sections connected by pathways winding through forest groves, grasslands, and water features.
The facility opened in 1909 with a handful of animals in a small city park and grew through decades of expansion and new construction. By the 1990s the site underwent major renovations to create more spacious modern enclosures.
The zoo's name honors Fort Worth, where it has stood since 1909. Its conservation work extends beyond display: staff breed the Texas horned lizard and the Chiricahua leopard frog, releasing over 1,587 tadpoles into New Mexico between 2016 and 2021. Pollinator gardens on the grounds support monarch butterfly monitoring.
A visit typically takes several hours because pathways between sections can be long and many exhibits invite lingering. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes and bring water during warm weather.
The zoo breeds the Texas horned lizard, the Texas kangaroo rat, the Pecos pupfish and the Houston toad, and releases marked monarch butterflies from its pollinator gardens to study their migration. Between 2016 and 2021 it sent more than 1,587 Chiricahua leopard frog tadpoles back into the wild in New Mexico.
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