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The Phoenix Zoo Wants You to Rock the Zoo (If You are a Rock or Alternative Band)

Phoenix.org​Attention rock and alternative acts around Arizona: The Phoenix Zoo wants you for 2012's Rock the Zoo event. "We're looking for rock and alternative acts," says zoo PR & Marketing Manager Linda Hardwick. "In the past, we've done '80s music, but this year we really wanted to involve t ... More >>

Rendez-Zoo at the Phoenix Zoo and Grilled Squash Salad in Today's Eater's Digest

​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Rendez-Zoo 2011 Got $500 (or, for that matter, $75,000) burning a hole in your pocket?  Because an evening of conservation and cuisine does not come cheap. If you're looking to blow your kid's ... More >>

Monkey Business

​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Rendez-Zoo 2011 Got $500 (or, for that matter, $75,000) burning a hole in your pocket?  Because an evening of conservation and cuisine does not come cheap. If you're looking to blow your kid's ... More >>

First Day 5K

You better run

Steampunk: Once Upon a Past That Never Was

You better run

Animal Collective

Hit up Phoenix Zoo’s biggest yearly shindig

Komodo Dragon Exhibit to Open at Phoenix Zoo; Funded by $1 Million Marley Foundation Grant

The great wealth amassed by infamous Arizonan Kemper Marley Sr., who died in 1990, has ensured the man's name will be heard -- and seen -- for years to come. The guy had ties to the mob and a generally bad reputation (except when it came to making money). He was implicated, though nev ... More >>

Phoenix Zoo Asks Public to Guess About Tadpoles for Prize

Images: Phoenix ZooHere's something to keep your brain hopping for a few minutes:The Phoenix Zoo wants you to guess how many tadpoles will hatch out of an egg mass it received last week as part of a conservation effort. Winners get a cute plush toy and other prizes.Though perhaps not the intention, ... More >>

Hot Links: Pastor Tasered, Jewish Site Vandalized, and Frogs

The governing board of the Gilbert Unified School District approved an increase in athletic fees for Gilbert high schools Tuesday night. Parents will now pay almost double for their kids to participate in sports -- up to $100 per sport from the current fee of $55...A Valley pastor named Steve Anders ... More >>

Jaguar Makes First Public Appearance at Phoenix Zoo Since Dental Surgery

Lucero, a captured American jaguar, made his debut at the Phoenix Zoo over the weekend -- his first public appearance since two local dentists fixed his teeth.Picture: Courtesy of Phoenix Zoo

Just South of Heaven

Lucero, a captured American jaguar, made his debut at the Phoenix Zoo over the weekend -- his first public appearance since two local dentists fixed his teeth.Picture: Courtesy of Phoenix Zoo

Animals in Heat

Uh – not really that kind of party

Party Animals

Get that poo-flinging monkey off your back at Phoenix Zoo

Silent Is Golden

No dipsticks allowed

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

No dipsticks allowed

Balls Out!

The volleyball's in gay league's court at Steele Indian School Park

Downpour

It might be a dry heat, but you can still get drenched in the Valley

World Piece

Theater Works hits a high note

Quick Read

Tempe Youth Library offers plots for tots

Wild Kingdom

Phoenix Zoo rolls out the peril

Puppet Regime

AZ Puppet Theater celebrates 20 years

Animal Distraction

Zoo's summer walking series defies agony of the heat

Creatures of the Night

Zoo hosts party animals

Doin' It Like Rabbits

Kids are hopping madly at Kierland

Getting Lit

The Valley glows with holiday hoopla

Bless the Beasts and the Children

Letters from the week of May 9, 2002

License to Quill

Tinkerbell's death prompts a federal inquiry at the Phoenix Zoo

Rage from the Cage

Phoenix Zoo director refutes allegations of animal abuse

Creature Discomfort

A rising body count sends the Phoenix Zoo scrambling to protect its reputation

Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow

Rabbits and other critters are getting nailed at the Phoenix Zoo

Best Public Art At A Shopping Mall

Sandcasting Garden

It's a Jungle in There

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Flashes

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Trunk Murder?

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

The Zoo Story

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Kid Pics for the week

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

WHISKER'S MOTHERIS A CAT REALLY CAPABLE OF CREATING AN ARTISTIC MOUSERPIECE?

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

WHERE'S PAPAGO?PHOTOGRAPHER'S EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON PHOENIX'S DWINDLING JEWEL OF A PARK

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

SAVING THE ANIMALS--SORT OF

PHOENIX ZOO OFFICIALS SAY PANHANDLER DECEIVES DONORS. BERNIE KESSLER BEGS TO DIFFER.

THE STADIUM INDEX

AN ESTIMATED $250 MILLION IN TAXES WILL HELP BUILD A DOMED STADIUM. HERE'S WHAT ELSE IT COULD PAY FOR.